Whereas the Union of BC Municipalities endorsed Victorias emergency resolution LR2 in September 2014 calling on the Environmental Assessment Office of the Province of British Columbia to undertake its own Environmental Assessment process of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project and withdraw from the 2010 Equivalency Agreement with the National Energy Board NEB, but no response has been received to date from the Province: Therefore be it resolved that Esquimalt Municipal Council affirms support for the 2014 UBCM resolution LR2 calling on the Province of British Columbia to withdraw from the 2010 Equivalency Agreement with the NEB and undertake its own Environmental Assessment process of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, with meaningful participation by First Nations, municipalities and all interested British Columbians; And be it further resolved that the Association of Vancouver Island Coastal Communities endorse UBCM motion LR2 and call for a prompt response and action by the Province.
