$20M deal bars Burnaby from speaking badly about Trans Mountain

After years of fighting and court battles, the City of Burnaby has signed a $20.1-million deal with Trans Mountain Corporation that prohibits the …

CBC News - Karin Larsen
@chris political NDA, money buying silence - although, I'd love to see any legal action over this if any Burnaby council member or staff spoke out

@chris Soon none of us will be allowed to "speak badly" about TMX...

All part of the #FossilFuel takeover.

$20M deal bars Burnaby from communicating negatively about Trans Mountain | CBC News

After years of fighting, Burnaby has signed an agreement with Trans Mountain Corp. that controls how the city communicates with the public about the company.

CBC

@chris

Incredible. Wondering whether SLAPP was involved...

Known potential harm to citizens in B.C. and #climate...

PLUS "concerns about the cost to taxpayers" and the International Institute for Sustainable Development's report (Sept 2024). Read @StephenRees 🧡 and link to IISD's report.

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Stephen Rees :verifiedgreen: (@[email protected])

From the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Yesterday members of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources held a meeting to dig into the finances of the TMX pipeline, raising concerns about the cost to taxpayers. There will be four other meetings about this topic in the coming weeks. There's much we don't know about the finances behind TMX but there IS some data that we DO know and that is covered in a new report IISD is releasing today. 🧡1/3 #TMX #climatecrisis

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