Men On Roofs: Trading Beans – Pipeline Meeting Wednesday

Walter Neufeld is known for his advocacy work as president of the FVRD Citizens Association and his work against the gravel industry lobby. Neufeld’s newest passion is a group called ‘Men on Roofs’. [Click On Image For Full Story]

The full name of the group is ‘Men on Roofs ask Canadian politicians to stop filching our democracy’ and they are sponsoring a series of politically charged images aimed at Canadian politicians.

Today Media will be publishing a series of the vignettes created by Neufeld over the coming weeks and months

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Walter Neufeld

*Walter Neufeld was born and raised in Abbotsford. He manages a development company operating in BC and in Alberta. Walter has been a critic of the provincial government’s dysfunctional Mines Act for about 12 years. Neufeld is the president of the Fraser Valley Regional District Citizens Association (FVRDCA). Most recently, he’s critiqued both Honourable Randy Hawes and the gravel industries Aggregate Pilot Project which he believes to be a harmful private production document which Hawes is currently trying to offload onto BC’s public domain.

Pipeline Meeting Wednesday

Submitted. The Wilderness Committee is teaming up with Tanker Free BC and the PIPE UP Network to host a town hall meeting in Abbotsford on Wednesday, August 15, as part of an effort to foster local engagement and rally residents across the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley in opposition to Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Despite the known risks, Texas-based Kinder Morgan has silently been transporting tar sands bitumen through their existing Trans Mountain pipeline. Now, with little consultation with residents along the route, the company has announced plans to build a new pipeline alongside the existing one. Expansion would mean digging up lands, damming rivers and disturbing major community infrastructure. It would also double the risk of a tar sands spill and increase the number of supertankers coming in and out of Vancouver, putting ecosystems and local businesses at risk while entrenching a tar sands-dependent export economy.

Since the Kinder Morgan pipeline right-of-way crosses through Abbotsford, it is crucial that community members are given the opportunity to join the discussion. This meeting is a chance for local residents to learn more about the proposal, address their concerns and connect with other groups and citizens participating in the debate.

When: Wednesday August 15, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

Where: University of the Fraser Valley Auditorium
33844 King Road
Abbotsford

Who: Speakers at the event include…

Ben West, Wilderness Committee
Sven Biggs, Tanker Free BC
Eddie Gardner, Stó:lō Nation
Lynn Perrin, PIPE UP Network
Rueben George, Tsleil-Waututh Nation

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