The appalling BC tar sands Pipeline.

• Author: Lee, Ingmar
• Position: Biodevastation

To: Jody Whitney,

Manager, Aboriginal Consultation & Regulatory Compliance, BC Region

Enbridge Pipelines Inc.

Box 50, One Bentall Centre, Suite 660, 505 Burrard St.

Vancouver, BC V7X 1M4 Tel 604 694 7750 Fax 604 694 7755 Cell 778 229 7039

Dear Jody Whitney,

I haven't heard back from you since we met at your Enbridge Gateway Pipelines presentation to the Heiltsuk community of Bella Bella, BC in October, during which you saw an overwhelming demonstration of emphatic and unanimous opposition to your corporation's appalling scheme to pipe tar-sands oil products out to BC's pristine coastal waters.

The meeting was inaugurated with a powerful demonstration by the Heiltsuk Singers, singing songs from their ancient (more than 10,000 years) and thriving culture. That was followed by a presentation by the children of the Bella Bella community clearly expressing their opposition to your project. After the second slide of your Enbridge PowerPoint discussing technical trivia, which was clearly designed to eat up most of the time allotted, the moderator shut your presentation down and opened the floor to the full-house turnout, who let you all know, for about two hours, unequivocally and in no uncertain terms, that your Pipeline/Supertanker project, which hopes to deliver massive quantities of Alberta Dirty-Oil Tar-Sands product across our province, to be loaded onto hundreds of giant supertankers annually for global distribution, was absolutely unwelcome in Heiltsuk territory. It was also made clear that BC Coastal First Nations are unanimously, and adamantly opposed to your project.

During the meeting, you and your four Enbridge colleagues promised the people of Bella Bella and environs that you were truly interested in their views, were open and accountable to the community, and that you wished to return on numerous occasions to communicate with people about your Enbridge project. After the meeting you reaffirmed to me that you were open to communicate with everyone, and you gave me your business card. You asked me to help you to understand why people were so passionate about protecting the region from the inevitable oil catastrophe that will result if your project manages to proceed. I agreed to this and sent you a few examples of what is so very special about the area. I then asked you to send me whatever feedback about the meeting you and your colleagues reported back to your Enbridge superiors. Since then I have not heard back from you.

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