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Members walk, saying Chevron misled them Oil seep triggers resignation of four members of Chevron’s community advisory panel Jennifer Moreau staff reporter
Members of Chevron’s community advisory panel are walking out with criticism over how the company has handled the ongoing oil seep at its North Burnaby refinery. “We’re not participating anymore because we feel they are misleading us about the seep,” said Judi Marshall, a longtime panel member and one of the original founders of BRACE – Burnaby Residents Against Chevron Expansion. The seep Marshall’s referring to is the mix of gas, diesel and crude oil that’s been leeching from the refinery since April 2010. While no independent measuring has been done, Marshall suspects there’s more oil than the three to seven tablespoons per day that Chevron has estimated. Besides that, Marshall was critical over how long Chevron took to notify the panel members of the problem. The seep was first discovered on April 21, and although relevant authorities were told, the panel didn’t hear about it till May 18. According to Marshall, it’s not clear if Chevron has any intentions of notifying the panel if something similar happens in the future. As a result, Marshall and three other BRACE members are leaving the panel. “We just feel we can be more effective working outside, because we’re just Marshall Page 3
Larry Wright/burnaby now
Out of the BRACE: Judi Marshall, left, and Dianne Alsop have left a residents’ advisory committee for Chevron in protest over
how the company has handled the ongoing oil seep at its North Burnaby refinery.
Bloy is the ‘most-gifted’ MLA in the province Jennifer Moreau staff reporter
Burnaby-Lougheed’s Harry Bloy has garnered some attention as the “most gifted” MLA after the public disclosure statements of provincial politicians were released on Dec. 17.
The annual statements reveal MLAs’ income, assets, liabilities and any gifts they’ve received. In all, Bloy took $14,500 worth of trips to China and Korea. While his riding association pitched in $2,500, the rest was covered by foreign sources. Bloy said the trips were about promot-
ing the province as a place to invest and do business and connecting people from B.C. companies with China. “For some of the groups, they’ve never been to China before, and they wanted to see how it operated. Other ones were going with business proposals, looking for money from Chinese investors, or looking to sell
their products or concepts from British Columbia,” Bloy said. As for a trip to Korea, Bloy is the government liaison to the Korean community, and he was invited, along with a couple hundred other Canadians, to attend the 60th anniversary of the Korean War. Bloy Page 8
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