Dear editor:
In their recent decision to approve the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, the National Energy Board clearly, and unfortunately, missed their mark. Until last summer, I had never participated in any rallies or protests. Instead, I put my trust in our elected leaders to make the correct, honest, and best decisions for me and my country.
So out of naive curiosity, one day last summer I spent a day at the native watch house on Burnaby Mountain. Listening to the native elders, and hearing from some of the many concerned citizens, I was moved to tears by their honesty and knowledge regarding this pipeline expansion which stands to affect us all. Their selfless passion, completely unbiased by personal gain in making their protest, should surely have been listened to more closely by the NEB. Sadly, politics, power, and self interested parties prevailed. And greed has trumped all. What other conclusion can one have, when Indigenous people, scientists, unbiased citizens, and most unfortunately, the endangered southern resident whales had no voice at all in the matter.
Robyn Campbell
North Vancouver
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