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Letter: Time to 'defund' Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Editor: There have been reports that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Justin Trudeau is saying his government won’t be able to end boil water advisories.
Burnaby Now
Trans Mountain
This week the Trans Mountain Expansion Project announced an “immediate return to work” now that the project has been re-approved, giving contractors 30 days to mobilize equipment and commence the process of hiring workers, procuring goods and services, and developing detailed construction work plans. The city of Coquitlam is monitoring the work closely because some of the pipeline will be dug under city streets in the Pacific Reach industrial park.Trans Mountain

Editor:

There have been reports that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Justin Trudeau is saying his government won’t be able to end boil water advisories.

How is it that this government can find billions of dollars for the Trans Mountain pipeline, but we can’t find the money to ensure that every single person in Canada has access to clean water?

The cost of this pipeline has only risen during this pandemic, and I for one would rather see my public dollars helping people, not pipelines.

We need to defund Trans Mountain and put that money where it’s really needed, helping communities get what they need, like access to clean water.
Wei Chun Kua