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Tuesday June 18, 2013
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A respite from flight A swallow lands on a tree branch at the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary in Delta on a recent sunny afternoon. The 300-hectare wetland, located on Westham Island west of Ladner, is among the top bird-watching sites in the country and is protected by the government of Canada. Millions of birds in search of food and rest frequent the area each year during their annual migrations along the Pacific Coast. For more information,visit www. reifelbirdsanctuary.com BOAZ JOSEPH / THE LEADER
Metro votes against new coal terminal Surrey project does not provide enough benefit for the risk, regional politicians say by Jeff Nagel METRO VANCOUVER’S board has dealt a blow to a proposed new coal export terminal in Surrey, voting 21-4 to oppose the project that has been under steady fire from both climate change activists and concerned neighbours. The regional district has no real power to block the new coal terminal at Fraser Surrey Docks. But critics hope the June 14 decision puts
more pressure on Port Metro Vancouver to delay approving the project pending a health impact assessment demanded by medical health officers. Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan said it makes no sense for Canada to accept extra risk to handle thermal coal from the U.S. that American port cities are rejecting. “It is massively controversial,” he said. “If we roll over on this we’re sending a very bad image to the rest of the world.” The new $15-million terminal would
reload U.S. coal from trains to barges and add 25 jobs both at Surrey and on Texada Island, where coal would be transferred again to ocean-going ships. “I’m not an opponent of the coal industry in Canada,” Corrigan said. “But the issue is taking coal from the United States – bad coal, the most difficult coal, the cheapest coal – bringing it into Canada, processing it twice through our ports, taking all of the environmental risks for none of the real benefits, and in the end of it we get 25 jobs.”
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Corrigan also said the port authority’s role as regulator is akin to the “fox guarding the henhouse” because the majority of its board are appointed by port users, namely the terminal operators such as Fraser Surrey Docks. “Twenty-five jobs is nothing compared to the possible environmental impact,” added Surrey Coun. Judy Villeneuve. See UNION / Page 4
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