Mr. Speaker, since 2016, the City of Burnaby has opposed the Trans Mountain pipeline because of what it sees as an unacceptable risk of fire in populated areas from the expanded tank farm. Last week, the TMX corporation bribed and gagged the City of Burnaby, paying them $21 million over 20 years to say, “Do not criticize us anymore. It is now a rule. You are not allowed to say anything about the Trans Mountain pipeline.”
Did anyone on the Liberal front benches know about this? Did anyone on the government front bench approve spending taxpayers' dollars to bribe and gag the City of Burnaby?