Hunter is a chemical engineer from North Vancouver. He is a consultant for energy companies. He comments on many proposed energy projects. This is not the first time he has used the words “alarmist” and “misinformation” to describe opposition to controversial petrol chemical projects that are not yet approved.
J. Hunter makes money from this industry, and I believe that his opinions are self-serving. Mr. Hunter states that other places have petrol chemical installations in their watersheds and Squamish should do the same.
I say we move the proposed Fortis compressor station to Mr. Hunter’s watershed. No, wait a minute. J Hunter gets his drinking water from the Vancouver watershed that strictly forbids such activity. Why should the Squamish watershed have a petrochemical installation when our Vancouver neighbours wouldn’t consider it for one second? Also, Fortis will compromise and possibly destroy our water and not pay one cent of tax to the District of Squamish.
I’m tired of self-serving people in the petrol industry that do not live here, do not drink the water here, do not breath the air here telling us that Mount Mulligan compressor station is a safe thing to allow.
They sound like they are talking about the Titanic on April 14, 1912. (It sank April 15, 1912.) There is a risk. There is no reward to having Fortis in our watershed.
The air pollution from this proposed station is not just a Valleycliffe problem. The wind will take the 27,000 tonnes of pollution produced annually right into Garibaldi Highlands. The newly formed group called the “Concerned Residents of Valleycliffe” needs to expand to the “Concerned Residents of Squamish.”
Fortis needs to get out of the watershed and use electricity to compress the gas.
Let’s protect our watershed like Vancouver has for the generations yet to come. So Mr. Hunter, as you sip your clean, fresh, protected water while working (paid or not?) to compromise and possibly destroy our water and air, know that your letter has given me new resolve in my opposition to FortisBC-proposed compressor station at Mount Mulligan. So please Squamish let’s send Fortis a message: Not in our water. Not in our air. Not now. Not ever.
Michael McGillion
Squamish
