In an update to Squamish council, Woodfibre LNG highlighted the investment it has made in the community and businesses as well the remediation of the site.
“Since 2013, we have contributed over $3 million to the Squamish community in taxes and contributions, approximately $10 million in contracts to Squamish Nation business partners, and over $12 million in the cleanup and remediation of the Woodfibre site,” said David Keane, President of Woodfibre LNG.
“Community has always come first for us at Woodfibre – and we are proud to continue to invest in the community and in our Squamish Nation partners.”
Woodfibre LNG says it has been conducting remediation work to clean up the remnants of a 100-year-old pulp and paper mill at the site, which included the removal of approximately 4,000 creosote pilings, hundreds of old tires, and tonnes of rebar and concrete.
The work has been ongoing with the support of the Squamish Nation and the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, the company said.
“By the time all the work is complete, most of the historical pulp mill equipment and infrastructure, and toxic marine infrastructure will be removed from the Woodfibre LNG site. Plans for additional remediation include the future closure of an old on-site landfill,” the company said.
This work will continue to be carried out in partnership with Squamish Nation, as well as local groups and societies where possible, so that local conservation and restoration data is kept up to date, WLNG added.
Rhonda O'Grady says
Tonight at Quest University: Have all your questions answered about Woodfibre LNG by real scientist and community members.
Everything you didn’t want to know about Woodfibre LNG and how it will impact Howe Sound communities.
About this Event
Join us as Tracey Saxby and Eoin Finn share more than five years of research about how Woodfibre LNG and the associated 24-inch high pressure FortisBC pipeline will increase fracking and lock us into 25-40 years of extreme carbon pollution.
Learn how these projects will impact the health and safety of our communities, put Howe Sound residents at risk, and threaten the recovery of Howe Sound’s ecosystems and wildlife.
Then find out how you can help to stop them.
DETAILED ITINERARY
6:30pm Doors open
7:00pm Welcome from Squamish Nation
7:10pm Presentation by Tracey Saxby + Eoin Finn
8:10pm Q+A
9:00pm Event ends
SPEAKER BIOS
Tracey Saxby | Co-Founder and Executive Director of My Sea to Sky
Marine Scientist. Activist. Visionary change-maker.
In 2007 Tracey kickstarted the grassroots movement to reduce plastic bag use across Canada. Fast-forward seven years, and Tracey picked up a megaphone to lead thousands of people in a climate uprising. Tracey holds a masters equivalent in marine science and is a partner at Visual Science with over sixteen years of experience working at the nexus of science, design, and communication. Her passions include skiing, kiteboarding, rockclimbing, singing, and playing D&D.
Eoin Finn | Co-Founder and Board Chair of My Sea to Sky
Extreme Energy Researcher.
Eoin is a management consultant with 25 years of business experience, and is now a retired partner of major accounting/consulting firm KPMG. Eoin holds a B.Sc. in chemistry, a Ph.D. in physical chemistry and an MBA in International Business. Eoin has spent the past five years researching aspects of BC’s proposed LNG industry. Eoin enjoys spending time on Bowyer Island in Howe Sound with his wife and three children, two of whom have become marine biologists.
Rhonda O'Grady says
Okay, I’m not the sharpest tool in the drawer(always wanted to use that), but I thought that creating jobs for the community was one of the main arguments for allowing Woodfibre LNG in Howe Sound…
But instead they want to bring in their own workers and have them live on barges floating above sensitive salmon and eelgrass habitat. WTF? Has everyone forgotten this?
WLNG will be creating very few jobs, if any, for our community, so why are we allowing this dirty, dangerous industry in our beautiful home?
How could we even toy with the idea of LNG in this day and age? (Hello? Climate change?)
It’s like being diagnosed with lung cancer and deciding that smoking is the cure (no disrespect intended for those dealing with cancer).
AND why is it such a big deal that WLNG will be paying taxes? We all pay taxes, don’t we? Why do they make it sound like a gift when corporations pay taxes, but duty when we do? What do you think the tax money will go to? It won’t be our children.
Francine says
Just shooting ourselves in the foot….. let’s make this wonderful environment that everyone around the world is wishing they could live in show them our best.
Let’s also sell everyone here whole sea to sky epic lifestyle mentality then throw it all away with this ugly money making idea that will be there for the next fifty years.
I have seen how ugly and stinky woodfiber was for years and years …leave the coast now as it is. Life as just retured now why do this to this beautiful area why sabotage what has been accomplished.
Ellen says
The Squamish council members are to blame for this disaster, the people that run this town just want you yo think that they care for the environment, but instead all they see are dollar signs.