Jason Kenney's government has launched an inquiry into who funds groups that criticize Alberta’s oil industry.

Think about processing the gumbo in Alberta. At least we’ll get more Canadian jobs while workers are retrained.

I happily donate some of my seniors’ pension to organizations taking action to stop the Trans Mountain Pipeline. I’d like a future for my grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Premier Kenney,

My name is Adrian Rain, I’m an jewelry maker and a cashier. I was born in Williams Lake, BC, and now I live in Abbotsford. I donate to, and take action against projects like the TMX not because I gain politically or because I want to sabotage my fellow Canadians. I do everything I can to resist these multi billion dollar schemes that pollute my country and destroy what I believe is Canada’s proudest feature. Our environment is precious, and pristine. Especially in BC, where one of our biggest industries is tourism. In 2014 near where I was raised, the Mount Polley mine tailings pond dam burst, spilling arsenic and other toxic waste into Polley Lake, over spilling into Quesnel Lake and into Cariboo river which I spent many childhood summers swimming in. These are also important places for BC’s Salmon run. The lead alone this disaster released into the drinking water of several communities was unprecedented. The impacts from that disaster will be felt for decades. The cause of this disaster was thought be caused by Imperial Mineral’s over filling of the mine’s tailings pond for 3 years that led to the stress that caused the dam failure.

In January 2012, Kinder Morgan’s pump station near my home on Sumas Mountain, the original TMX pipe leaked 110,000 litres of oil from a holding tank. Eight months later the NEB posted that: “the leak was detected later than it should have been,” the company’s management of procedures was “inadequate” and that the operator “failed to recognize the leak situation” on two occasions.

In the Abbotsford spill, the NEB report said that at 2:39 a.m. on Jan. 24, a “creep” alarm was received at Trans Mountain’s Edmonton control centre but it was determined to be a false alarm due to high winds.


A second alarm at 3:11 a.m. was also dismissed as false.


It took two more alarms and a shift change before a terminal operator was sent out at 5:50 a.m. to attend the Sumas site and investigate the cause of the alarm.


At 6:50 a.m.-four hours after the first alarm-the operator arrived on site, discovered the leak, closed the valve and isolated the source.


110, 000 litres of oil in 4 hours of lazy employees refusing to care about the damage they were causing to my home. My city. 70% of Kinder Morgan’s spills happen at these pump stations, like the one on Burnaby mountain which has an elementary school within a kilometre of it, only one road to evacuate by, and no nearby fire station. In the TMX’s history there have been 78 claimed spills.

And that’s what these companies do. They don’t care about the impact that failure to maintain safety regulations has. They ignore alarms, they ignore recommendations by the NEB and push everything until it breaks. For poisoning our water Polley Mine got some gold and silver. For poisoning our soil Kinder Morgan sold some oil. But I get nothing from either. All I get is forest fires, and lead poisoned fish, and a future that gets worse and worse the more pollution these big companies spew into my home.

So that’s why I help fund initiatives that fight these greedy, malignant corporations. It’s my country and my future and this is the only way I can have a say in protecting it.

Yes, Premier Kenney, it IS us! I have no idea how much we’ve donated over the years to stopping these pipelines, but we do know that now that we’re in a climate crisis we may just have to do more! We notice in your speech that you “… want to investigate all national and international connections.. follow the money trail and expose all the interests involved”. We’d like to turn that around and shine that ‘sunlight’ on just who owns the tar sands, the oil companies, the pipelines. We did do a bit of sleuthing and yes, there are some Canadians investors, but most are ‘foreign’… the Koch brothers, and the list goes on. And we see where the UN recently gave the Feds (and Alberta) 18 months to clean up the destructive mess you’ve made of the Wood Buffalo Park and its environment.. not to mention the damage to the surrounding wetlands which used to sustain critical life. Yes, we know that BC’s dams are partially responsible and that Site C just might be the final nail in the coffin, so let’s make a deal…you stop this silly investigation, close the tar sands, and we’ll stop Site C. ALL OF THESE PROJECTS damage any prospect we have of reining in climate change…we’re in a crisis.. don’t these foreign owners understand that?

I love this coast and I deeply respect my Aboriginal friends who reject the possibility of having their waters & lands destroyed. There are no foreign funds involved in my resistance to this pipeline. We are all doing what we’re most skilled at to stop this project and we’re not backing down.

Mr Kenney, I live in Vancouver and have lived in Southwest B.C. for many years. I know that you and your Gov’t, along with that of the Feds, are disingenuous and have been lying for many years. The capacity to transition economies and the AB workforce to Green exists and is necessary. Consensus for expansion of this pipeline and fossil fuels does not exist, and your actions are tyrranical. You diminish the impact and engage in propaganda. I will go to jail to oppose.

Mr Kenney, I don’t belong to any foreign-funded group who hates Canada. I am Canadian born west coaster who believes Trans Mountain Pipeline is a mistake. I have made donations to stop the filthy pipeline as a Canadian🇨🇦 who happens to believe in renewable energy. Fossil fuels belong in the past.

Sincerely, Diana Domai

Your fight against BC & climate change for the #TMX is the same as Theresa May fighting for #brexit – colossal waste of time & money. We all know how that ended. Good luck with that while Albertan’s take you to task over Bill 8 & the federal government over carbon pricing.

Signed BC resident.

Who is behind the anti fossil fuels and pipelines? I am …100% Canadian.

I paid my own ferry ticket and crossed over from Vancouver Island twice to get arrested at the Trans Mountain tank farm on Burnaby Mountain. The first time I had to borrow money. I was charged and convicted. I paid my own fine. If I do it again I’ll probably go to jail. Civil disobedience shows the way forward. Join us, Mr. Kenney. p.s. Ever looked into global warming and climate change WITH a climate scientist advisor?

I believe in doing all we can to stop, or at least slow down, the climate breakdown we are now experiencing. This means an immediate switch to alternative energy, which means no pipeline. Period. It’s as simple as that. Either you want a future for your grandkids or money in the bank coming from the Tar Sands, which a handful of people will profit from. Wake up!

I’m a retired educator, a mother and a grandma. I will do everything in my power to ensure that the Trans Mountain pipeline is never built. I’ll do it for my children, my grandchildren, my students and the future they deserve. Leave it in the ground!!!

Oh for heavens’ sakes! You don’t think it is US, the people of BC and Alberta and all across our country, who want this pipeline shut down for good? Who don’t want the average global temperature to be galloping toward ecosystem and species instinction? Who don’t want our kids to have children — although we would never tell them that — because we are terrified of the future they will be facing? I donate to stop this pipeline, my family and friends donate, we campaign, we give hours of our time to the organizations that promote sanity and survival. This isn’t a put up job, this is commitment and sacrifice. From us. From Canadians.

Don’t be “Stupid until the last drop.

Dear Jason, I love BC and I don’t want your dirty tar sands products being transported across this province. I love the Coast and all it means…tourism, wildlife, water and a peaceful existence. I am NOT funded by anyone other than me and I will fight this pipeline every step of the way. Tell me….WHO’s FUNDING YOUR MESSAGES???

Keep it in the ground!!

At a time when survival is in question, I find it so sad to see the vitriol, even among people who agree with me that we cannot build this pipeline. Not just because of climate concerns, but for democracy’s sake. Please read former AB opposition leader Kevin Taft’s Oil’s Deep State. We need media that are not beholden to industry, that can help us see the need for mobilization for survival.

Quit destroying the Earth!

Many citizens of BC are passionate about our waters, all wildlife and sea life, indigenous rights and our flora and fauna. These things cannot and will not be trodden upon! Our world and future is more important than fossil fuels and there has to be balance or we will become extinct.

I have donated time, and hundreds of dollars *in small increments), to numerous local groups including Coast Protectors, to fight climate change because it is a scientifically proven existential threat to all, but also to save our beloved Salish Sea from the inevitable catastrophic bitumen spill. I do this as someone with family roots in the Vancouver area for over a hundred years and to ally with our local Coast Salish, and other, Indigenous Nations, who have never ceded their lands and have steadfastly given an unequivocal no consent to TMX.

If there is a major oil spill of bitumen in BC’s land/oceans who will pay for the legal fees, the cleanup? Will Alberta take any responsibility for this or will it be the burden of BC taxpayers? Most lawsuits/cleanups go on for years adding to the burden. If Alberta is making all the gain why shouldn’t they also be taking on some of the risk? Doubling the pipeline and storage into a large metropolitan city like Vancouver on top of a mountain that only has one way in and out and surrounded by homeowners should have been taken more seriously. The answer would have been to move the pipeline, storage and shipping facilities further north out of the city. This is why we are against the pipeline. We cherish our oceans and sea life. They have to be protected. Shame on all levels of Government that allowed this to go ahead. Alberta should have build a refinery next to the oil sands so that refined oil was shipped not bitumen. They even had an offer to do so but turned it down. For years Alberta had a huge surplus and could of easily done it but chose not to and now it is asking BC to take all the risk.

Hey Mr Kenney. It’s tens of thousands of ordinary British Columbians like me who want to stop the TMX Pipeline, because we are committed to preserving our beautiful coast, our salmon and the orcas, the fantastic forests and waterways along the proposed route. And we believe that Canada must uphold the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples . . . and Canada has NOT obtained the consent of the major Indigenous groups along the route for you to despoil their traditional lands. There are better and more jobs to be had in sustainable development—not to mention a better future for our children.

It’s ordinary citizens like me who are bankrolling the opposition to your terrible “black snake” that means death to everything we hold dear for the sake of some (sunset) jobs for Albertans and huge profits for the Koch brothers and other extremely wealthy foreign investors!

Bitumen is dirty expensive and soon to be obsolete! when are you ignorant self serving scum CON’S GOING TO CARE FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT and not your masters big oil???

No to the pipeline. There are just too many reasons against and you know what they are. I’ve been fighting this for years and I’m not going to stop until this pipeline is scrapped.

All the risks & none of the rewards are for B.C. We don’t want your dirty dilbit!

Hello Mr. Kenney,

So I’m an ordinary Canadian citizen who has lived and worked on the B.C. coast for most of my life. I donate and take action to stop the Trans Mountain Pipeline. I am not a paid foreigner. I want my children, and all other life on our land and in our ocean, to have a viable future. I’m sure, if you would don your long-term vision glasses, you would wish the same.

Kenny…I will continue to fight the tar sands and fracking. If you don’t like it go cry on your pillow some more! You are disgusting selling your soul to greed!

Dear Mr. Kenny, I am an ordinary Canadian living in rural British Columbia. I have been involved in efforts to bring change to climate changing industry for 30 years. I support the Unistoten in central and northern BC in their opposition to pipelines going through their unceded territories. I am not funded by foreign interests. I am a 68 year old pensioner with no savings to speak of. I am prepared to be incarcerated if that is what it takes to save this beautiful planet from further destruction by the greed of the fossil fuel industry. I want whales in the Salish Sea, NOT tankers that pollute and kill with noise that confuses the whales and their food chain. And I am only one of a legion of individuals who call British Columbia home and do not want your filthy, soul destroying, climate changing, greedy, bullying fossil fuel pipeines running through my province.