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Hamilton project opponents served with injunction ordering them to leave
CBC News
Posted: Jun 25, 2013 9:56 AM ET
Last Updated: Jun 25, 2013 11:46 AM ET
Protesters at Enbridge's North Westover pump station in rural Hamilton have locked themselves inside the gates after being served with an injunction by the oil company this morning.
The injunction gives protesters two hours to leave the site.
"It's disgraceful that Enbridge is trying to resolve this situation with an injunction when the conflict is rooted in their refusal to meaningfully consult and seek consent from impacted communities," said participant Trish Mills in the protesters' press release.
The legal manoeuvre comes on the same day supporters from across the country will take to the streets in nearly a dozen cities in support of activists who took over the pumping station last week.
"The injunction means our strategies for how to stop this project will need to adapt," wrote protest spokeswoman Elysia Petrone in the release. "Some of us will leave the site to continue demonstrating across the street, while others have decided it's necessary to lock themselves down to remain on the site as long as possible."
Mills added: "First Enbridge tried getting the Line 9 reversal done by stealth, then by trickery, and now, finally, they will do it by force."
Hopes for peaceful resolution
Enbridge spokesman Graham White said, "It is our property, there is important work occurring on the site, and we need to regain control of our facility that we are conducting a legal project on."
White said the injunction doesn't mean Enbridge isn't open to communicating with the protesters.
"[The protesters] will be entering a period of negotiation with us and the police," White said. "We hope for a peaceful resolution."
Enbridge is seeking to reverse the direction of the pipeline that runs from Montreal to Sarnia in a bid to send tar sands oil from Alberta to the east coast. The protesters moved on to the North Westover site on June 20.
"It's important to show people in the struggle out east that there are people in Alberta that are happy with what they're doing," said Chelsea Flook.
Flook's Sierra Club Prairie Chapter will be hosting a protest later today in Edmonton. "At the same time, it's locally important to show Edmontonians that people are united across Canada against tar sands expansions and they are raising their voices," she added.
The National Energy Board has already approved the first leg of the project, with public hearings on the second leg scheduled for the fall. Enbridge has already begun construction.
"These communities along the route are giving voice to their concerns. They have a right to say no," said Maryam Adrangi, spokesperson for the Rising Tide's Vancouver chapter.
"They're saying that we care about the land we live on, the water we drink and the air we breathe — they're incredibly legitimate concerns," Adrangi said.
Line 9 crosses several major rivers that drain into Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River as well as Spencer Creek, Hamilton's largest watershed.
Protestors say that the drinking water of millions of people would be at risk in the event of an oil spill.
The protest is part of "Sovereignty Summer," a series of protest actions promoting Indigenous rights and environmental protection led by Idle No More and Defenders of the Land.
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