This is a TV news story about a protest in Victoria BC that started before the start of the Federal Panel public hearing on the Kinder Morgan tar sands pipeline project, with more than a hundred expressing their disatisfaction with the process.

 

They say the public meeting was hastily organized, and poorly organized.

 

Inside the hotel, it’s standing room only.

 

The ballroom where the meeting is being held is already at capacity.

 

There are 250 people inside the meeting room, with more than 100 waiting to get inside.

 

Everyone here says they are concerned about the effects of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion for Vancouver Island and the south coast.

 

The National Energy Board gave conditional approval to the company to triple its pipeline capacity between Edmonton and Burnaby, that would increase oil tanker traffic to 34 a month, from five.