NEB CEO Peter Watson heckled by Kinder Morgan pipeline protesters

Protesters heckled the National Energy Board's CEO Peter Watson, who was in town to meet withMetro Vancouver mayors aboutconcerns over theconsultation process for theTrans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Watson washeckledby protesterswhen he said he deeply cares about people, land and water.

Metro Vancouver does not have an official position on the TransMountain pipeline expansion, but Vancouver MayorGregorRobertson told Watson there islack of public confidence in the NEB.

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Watson told the mayors he wants a better relationship with them, but BurnabyMayor Derek Corrigan called the whole process a sham.

'Minimally intrusive inspection'

Corrigan says he's concernedenergy firm Kinder Morgan could do more survey work for its proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansioninthe region's parks after abriefing note intended for mayors onlywas accidentally posted online.

Thenote fromMetro Vancouver lists 10 properties where the oil giant could get a licence to do work related to itsoil pipeline expansion project, including Surrey Bend Park and Colony Farm Park in Port Coquitlam.

"I think right now, Metro is looking for the path of least resistance to just simply allow them to go through as long as they don't harm the park," Corrigan, a vocal opponent of the TransMountainpipeline,told The Early Edition's Rick Cluff.

Last fall, the City of Burnaby went to court seeking an injunction in an attempt to stop Kinder Morgan from doing survey work on Burnaby Mountain. That injunction was rejected.

The survey work was also met with opposition from thousands of protestors.

Corrigan said the new survey work will be different from what happened at Burnaby and Kinder Morgan will be limited to a "minimally intrusive inspection."

"Metro has said that they can't so much as harm a piece of shrubbery, thatthey can't so much as tie a ribbon on one of the shrubs," he said.

"I suspect though that they're going to want to move to the next stage very quickly and want to do more."