You are presumed to be honest and responsible without evidence to the contrary beyond a reasonable doubt… on the balance of probablilties you are justified by 51 % likelyhood.
The Trans Mountain court ordered final reconsideration report is out tomorrow. This comes in the light of contracts to move 150,000 barrels a day that the Alberta Government entered into with CN and CP Rail. The scope is the twinning of the existing 60 year old pipeline and its increase of tanker traffic out of Burnaby.
Burnaby South By election Monday.
A By-election is also being held on Monday for the federal riding most effected by the expansion. The CBC is reporting a massive advance pole interest this week. The by-election may elect the current NDP leader but a loss would not stop him from running in the election next fall.
Gas price, the availability of fuel
File Photo KDG
Pipeline in effect nationalised
Alberta is putting taxpayer money into rail and pipeline as well as billions spent by the federal government acquiring the existing trans mountain line. This is all peripheral to the efforts of the governments to re-examine the regulatory approval process ( NEB). With all the government activity it seems that they are far from a process that gives permitting any kind of guarantee of production.
Pipe for oil field
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Model train set in local library had a car stuck in a tunnel! Trains are a big part of our heritage! File photo KDG
Keep emotions cool…
The amount of effect this issue has on all of us is enormous. Stay cool keep on keeping on with peace and understanding…
The highways maintenance contract for Merritt has been won away from VSA by Yellowhead Road and Bridge.
VSA a proven force:
VSA Highway Maintenance Ltd. provides road, highway, bridge and structure maintenance for large portions of the Coquihalla Highway, Phase 1 and Phase 2 from Portia to Walloper; the Lac Le Jeune/Logan Lake Overpass, and the Okanagan Connector from Merritt to the Pennask Summit.
Source VSA
Yellowhead Road and Bridge assumes Nicola work.
The new maintenance contract for the Nicola region — which includes a section of the Coquihalla Highway between Kamloops and Hope — has been awarded to Yellowhead Road & Bridge Ltd. The company will take over on July 1, as the current agreement with VSA is set to expire on June 30.
Source Merritt Herald
Current VSA workers are said to be able to work for the new contactor at their old jobs. There have been some vocal complaints about maintenance of the Coquihalla including published ones by Merritt’s former Mayor Neil Menard.
VSA did its road maintenance for Fraser and Nicola from 5 facilities its management comes from Merritt. The change is from the Nicola region away from VSA.
On this day: February 13th 1981
Sewer explosions destroys 2 miles of streets in Louisville Kentucky.
C2C funding is available for local governments to build relationships with neighbouring FN groups.
C2C- Community to Community Forum…
Funding permitting, the application deadlines for 2019/20 are: March 15, 2019. For events between April 1, 2019 and March 31, 2020 September 13, 2019. For events between September 30, 2019 and March 31, 2020 December 6, 2019. For events between January 1 and March 31, 2020 The C2C program is administered by the UBCM and the First Nations Summit. In most years since 1999, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing and Indigenous Services Canada have provided funding. In this time, nearly 630 C2C Forums have been held across the province.
The Trans Mountain bunch are saying that apportionment is up to 32%. Apportionment is just a accountants way of say demand to use. However there are now reports that the Alberta government has been visiting their legislation from last year that made company’s limit production.
When a pipeline experiences significant and prolonged apportionment like in the case of the existing Trans Mountain Pipeline, it’s one signal that more capacity is needed. Apportionment can bring with it a discounting of prices as producers compete to sell what they can through the pipeline before having to use another pipeline or other modes of transport to another, less profitable market. It can also mean the buyers at the end of the pipeline are forced to source their shortfall of supply from alternate, less desirable sources.
Trans mountain..
Good to hear that things in Alberta are moving in a better direction.
The Balance predicts that world crude prices will average 61 dollars a Barrel in 2019.
On this Day: January 31st 1911
The first Monte Carlo rally. ( video below is later cars however the 1911 route)
The Trans Mountain pipeline company ( now the Canadian government )have noted the policy. Gas prices in Merritt have been at $140.9 a liter for weeks here gone are the swings of the price of the last few years. Ecology preservation is always worth the price in a free market as demand is usually blind and tensions over competing ones bring balance.
Monitoring of Vessel noise:
The policy is new and is to help the situation of the Southern resident killer whales. The species that was the center of the court challenge to the companies expansion.
According to the Vancouver Sun , the “Echo” program will monitor sounds and will lead to possible threat protection.
Earlier this week, the federal government announced new measures to monitor underwater ship and mammal noise in British Columbia’s Salish Sea to help develop measures to support the recovery of endangered southern resident killer whales
Anyway, consumers can enjoy stable but higher gas prices for a while perhaps it will end back in wage and price controls like PET’s time.
The provinces 162 municipalities had a healthy change of elected public servants for the 2018 election. There are 73 new mayors and 395 newly elected councilors a 47 and 48.8 percent change factor overall. Vancouver bucked the trend electing 16 of 21 new mayors to its municipalities.
The high level of turnover on Councils and Boards with each election was one of the motivating factors for the creation of the Local Government Leadership Academy in 2007. The academy’s mission is to provide local government and First Nations elected officials and senior administrators with comprehensive, timely and dedicated leadership development opportunities throughout their terms of office or employment in the interest of improving governance. The LGLA’s 2019 elected official seminars have been announced and once again will be made available in regions throughout BC.
For the full details on the 2018 local government general election, please visit CivicInfo.
Source UBCM
Regional directors:
There was a similar turnover for regional directors. Fifty-Seven Electorial area directors were new a 37.7% change.
Merritt BC changed 5 of 6 councilors and elected an incumbent councilor mayor.
On this Day: October 24th, 2003
The last commercial flight of the Concorde supersonic airliner.
Some people getting ready to sell.. File Photo KDG
Small Business week:
The banners are out the programs in place Small Business week is on in Merritt BC. Community Futures , Work BC, The Merritt Herald, Q101 FM are all into the theme.
Enjoy…
On this Day: October 19th 1935
The league of nations sanctions Italy for the invasion of Ethiopia.
Canoe quest to north west coast of BC file Photo KDG
The Federal Appeals Court of Canada was created in July of 2003. It has three notable decisions”
In April 2014, the court ruled in favour of the Métis people in a case involving extending protections to Aboriginal peoples in Canada who lived off-reserve.[3]
In September 2015, the court dismissed an appeal by the Government of Canada over a ruling by the Federal Court that found a rule banning the Niqāb at citizenship ceremonies to be unconstitutional.[4]
In August 2018, the court rejected the expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline on the basis that the National Energy Board’s (NEB) process and findings were “so flawed that the Governor in Council could not reasonably rely on the Board’s report”[5] and that “the Government of Canada failed to fulfill the legal duty to consult Indigenous peoples”[5 Source Wikipedia
Kudos to the people that organized the 16 lawsuits that were heard over the indigenous rights concern. Organization is a huge thing and very effective just look at all the times that nations have tried to dominate the world and the organization it took to set those efforts aside. However lets not lose in the wash a concept and reality that we enjoy or have the right to enjoy, free and with out fetered access to the sea, rivers and the land between the high water mark and lots public access As well the right and ability to chose a moderate lifestyle over a competitive, controlling, dominating one. This in an idealistic sense viewed as equality of the person.
Even plastics in the sea may seem a simplistic issue to deal with however if it comes to a change that limits and gives over rights to the rich and dominate it would be a horrific loss.
When push comes to shove the money and unction that saw the appeals brought by the first nations groups come from government with the hammer of the Indian Acts shadow pushing.
In a funny irony you may wish to save your plastic straws for a day when the process to give jurisdiction to beach’s and river banks makes an authority that will take access to the sea coast from you. If we all dumped our straws in the river at once then we could all go to jail at once; that you could say is organization.
Legal experts say the First Nations cases have real implications that should not be overlooked or forgotten. Vancouver Sun
So did fast ferries have implications when wakes affected beaches of the rich. Perhaps zoning is the answer to these questions. Have areas for the enjoyment of moderate living people and nice places for the connected and elite. The boundaries could be defined by plastic straws.
How could the NEB have a report that ” could not be relied on”. What is up? Are we getting ready to eat our children?
Think leaf when using plastic straws. straws move as easily into the water environment as a dry leaf. File Photo KDG
On this Day: September 7th 1923
Interpol is formed.
PS: I think this had to be said, here’s a shove though, who wants their name linked to an environmental calamity. Even if its just that Vancouver bear reasonable risk ,who wants to sign off on that risk, maybe an emaciated 3rd world economic refuge! Will he run. Or a nameless elite organization that will take his right to drown on a beach in Peace.
On thing sure, everyone will want to sign when the Canadian dollar is 50 cents US and the price of modern tankers are out of reach. PP
PPS:
Contrary to some claims, NAFTA does not commit Canada to exporting a certain share of its energy supply to the United States regardless of Canadian needs. Canadian producers sell without restriction on the open market.
The only significant limitation NAFTA places on Canada is that it prevents the Canadian government from implementing policies that interfere with the normal functioning of energy markets in North America. Provided they have the demand and can pay the price, Canadian consumers could conceivably buy 100% of all energy produced in the country without violating NAFTA. Source Parliament of Canada. Michael Holden economics division 2006
Know as the trans-mountain apartments the 60 year old apartment building keeps it s vigil over Voght park in Merritt BC …. File Photo KDG
The lower Nicola Indian band and Aron Sam ( Sumaexheletza )the band has an economic development arm Lower Nicola Site Services. The 1200 members of the band are expected to benefit in employment with the 51 percent acquirement of the existing Hope BC based service company in a joint venture with Vancouver’s Infracon.
Chief Sam Sumaexheletza is a UBC graduate .
The Metis association of Alberta has voted to support the pipeline expansion on Sunday according to the CBC.
The Trans Mountain project is also expected to cost an additional 1.9 billion dollars from the estimates used when the government purchased the line from the Texas based Kinder Morgan. Some reports say that the sale of the project after it was cancelled by Kinder Morgan brought them a 600 percent return on investment . It is also speculated that it will bring the federal deficit up by 36 percent.
EV reserved parking, city crews in Merritt install a EV spot in Merritt BC File Photo KDG
On this Day: August 15th 1965
Stadium rock comes into vogue with the Beatles performing before 60,000 at Shea stadium.
Clean gas clean gas pump, and some of the tax comes back to your local government File Photo KDG
There is a transfer payment from the gas tax collected by the federal government the Feds just made another instalment of 53 million to be divided amongst the municipal governments in BC.
Merritt BC has been getting something over 300 thousand dollars per year for the last 3 years and is projected to get the same this year. Money is used for local projects including disaster relief. The fund is touted as being predictable and is set to run from 2014- 2024.
Like the saying just because red wine is good for you that’s no reason to start drinking so the gas transfer tax is no reason to start burning more gas …
On this Day: July 26th 1891
France annex’s Tahiti.
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