Burnaby is facing the most risks and seeing very few benefits with respect to Kinder Morgan's pipeline expansion project, according to Mayor Derek Corrigan.

There aren't any large gains for Burnaby; a dozen jobs at best and a few million dollars in additional taxes, Corrigan said.

"Most of the gains are at the other end of the pipeline in Alberta. . As for the potential risks, we - probably more than any other community - are aware of the implications of the pipeline bursting, and one of the best examples of how human error can compound to create an even bigger disaster," he said, referring to the 2007 Kinder Morgan pipeline spill. "The reality is we're going to look at more oil - more dangerous oil, the bitumen product - going through our community in twice as many pipelines and then ending up on our foreshore at Barnet Beach in tankers that are going to come in and have triple the amount of berths and triple the amount of traffic. We're taking all of the worst implications of this and all of the biggest risks, with very little to gain."

Corrigan is one of several speakers at next week's town hall meeting, hosted by BROKE, a citizens' group opposing the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion. The meeting is to inform local residents about Kinder Morgan's pipeline expansion plan.

The company wants to twin its existing Trans Mountain pipeline, which runs oil from Alberta to Burnaby, and expand the Burnaby Mountain tank farm and the Westridge Marine Terminal on the Burrard Inlet.

If the National Energy Board rejects the plan and decides it is not in Canada's best interests, recent changes brought on by the federal Conservatives now give cabinet the final say on whether pipeline projects will go forward, Corrigan pointed out.

"People are becoming more afraid that the fix is in, that the federal Conservative government has predetermined this issue, which is why they made these changes to the National Energy Board to let cabinet make the final decision," he said. "The twinning of the pipeline is going to be their first priority while they battle out whether the Enbridge project will go ahead."

The town hall meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Confederation Seniors' Centre.

Speakers will include local MP Kennedy Stewart and Rueben George from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation.

There will also be some music and a question-and-answer period. The centre is at 4585 Albert St.