CANADA’S ENERGY CITIZENS -- announce a concrete plan to ensure the Trans Mountain Expansion is built

June 18^th is a big day for Canada’s oil and natural gas industry - the federal government will make a major announcement about the Trans Mountain pipeline project.

And that’s why it's more important than ever to stand up for the thousands of families and businesses across Canada that rely on the oil and natural gas industry to put food on the table.

Stand up by signing the petition from Energy Citizen Angela Cook calling on the federal government to:

"…approve the Trans Mountain Expansion, to officially declare the Expansion for the general advantage of Canada, and to announce a concrete plan to ensure the Trans Mountain Expansion is built."

The Trans Mountain Expansion Project will create tens of thousands of jobs, inject billions of dollars into the Canadian economy – AND the majority of Canadians, British Columbians and indigenous communities along the pipeline route support this critical national infrastructure project.

Together, we can show anti-industry activists – and the federal government – that Canadians support oil and natural gas developed the Canadian way!

Canada's Energy Citizens
http://www.energycitizens.ca/

FOOTNOTE .... details of the petition to the government of Canada

• The Trans Mountain Expansion was recommended by the National Energy Board and approved by the federal Liberal government on November 29, 2016;
• The National Energy Board’s original evaluation between 2013 and 2016, and the Liberal initiated reconsideration that finished on February 22, 2019, both resulted in a recommendation for approval, and both confirmed through an independent, expert, evidence and science-based review that, with the recommended mitigation measures, the Trans Mountain Expansion is in the national interest of Canada;
• The majority of Canadians, British Columbians, and Indigenous communities directly impacted, support the completion of the Trans Mountain Expansion;
• The Trans Mountain Expansion will inject billions of dollars into the Canadian economy and create tens of thousands of direct and indirect jobs;
• This project continues to face ongoing delays and threats from other levels of government and anti-energy activists, harming confidence in Canada as a place for investment and the construction of major infrastructure projects;
  
• The Liberal government spent $4.4 billion tax dollars to purchase the existing pipeline with the promise that the Trans Mountain Expansion will be built; and,
• The federal Liberal Cabinet will decide by June 18, 2019, whether to accept the National Energy Board’s recommendation to approve the Trans Mountain Expansion.

We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to approve the Trans Mountain Expansion, to officially declare the Expansion for the general advantage of Canada, and to announce a concrete plan to ensure the Trans Mountain Expansion is built.

Sign the petition today – tell Ottawa to build that pipe!