In a statement, the City of Burnaby said it had finalized a 'community contribution agreement' with Trans Mountain that will deliver $20.1 million to the municipality
WATCH: A month after releasing a report into the potential disaster from a major incident at a TMX facility, the City of Burnaby has struck a deal with the company.
The parties must also send any press releases that reference each other to the other party ahead of publication, and the City of Burnaby must remove all negative public communications about Trans Mountain from its website. It’s a sudden about-face from a city whose long-standing public opposition to the $34 billion pipeline expansion was on display once again just a month ago, as it released a report and video simulation of a hypothetical catastrophe at Trans Mountain’s Burnaby Mountain tank farm or marine export terminal.Trans Mountain Pipeline approval threatens orcas along B.C. coast: Green Party
“Municipality, any level of government are supposed to uphold the law and protect the public, and if a company is doing something wrong hold them accountable, not collaborate with them and cooperate, that could easily turn into covering up something,” Conacher said.
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