July 7, ’20. Can good change come from virus? and BC Cycling on transport funding

leavesonlake-132 — Leaves and clouds on a Kootenay Lake.

The Covid-19 pandemic and the dramatic changes it has forced on us are the focus of a discussion with Nelson educator Jan Inglis. She talks about how these changes are working through, and whether some could be for the better?

Last week the Canadian Supreme Court pulled the plug on the 2nd major appeal from First Nations against the approval and ‘consultation’ on the TransMountain pipeline expansion… the bitumen pipe from Bruderheim, Alberta to Burnaby, BC. We hear from Chief Leah Wilson from the T’sleil Waututh, one of the three First Nations who brought the case.

Last month the province announced its Active Transportation grants which included over $400,000 for the bike route in Nelson. Colin Stein executive director of the BC Cycling Coalition says the province is not really stepping up in encouraging non vehicle transport. We’ll talk to him about it.

Links from July 7 show

Video of T’sleil Waututh Chief Leah Wilson and others speaking on the Supreme Court rejection of the appeal of the TransMountain pipeline consultation. On The Raven Trust: https://raventrust.com/2020/07/02/breaking-video-indigenous-nations-react-to-supreme-court-decision-on-tmx/

The BC Cycling Coalition. https://www.bccc.bc.ca