The Editor,
Re. “$300k for local kids has strings attached” (The Tri-City News, Nov. 4).
How dare Kinder Morgan Canada (a subsidiary of a U.S. company) try to buy our goodwill for promoting a pipeline.
They may have forgotten that they are not operating in the U.S., where that may be successful with giving $15,000 per year for scholarships. I think this is outright bribery and we should reject it out of principle.
The only reason for pipeline approval should be its merit. They have operated a pipeline through this city for a long time without supporting the local community.
Remember, this is a U.S. corporation, so final profits and control come and go south. Why should we give them any goodwill now that they need lots of it to pass approval? I suggest they lose a portion of their score as a student would should he attempt to bribe a teacher.
John de Jong, Coquitlam
