Green Party leader Elizabeth May arrested for breaking court-imposed protest-free zone in Burnaby. Photo courtesy Twitter/Anita Bathe.
Police have taken many protesters into custody for violating a court order at a Kinder Morgan construction site at Burnaby Mountain, and the federal Green Party leader is now among those taken away by authorities.
Saanich-Gulf Islands member of Parliament Elizabeth May has been arrested for breaking the court-imposed protest-free zone Friday.
Green Party leader @MayElizabeth gets arrested for breaking court Injunction at @KinderMorgan pipeline site in #Burnaby. pic.twitter.com/Ymxxk7HMWc
— Anita Bathe (@anitabathe) March 23, 2018
Last week’s court order bans demonstrators from being within five metres of Kinder Morgan’s two terminal sites on Burnaby Mountain.
Protest organizers said in a release more than 85 people have been arrested for violating the court order.
May and New Democrat Burnaby South MP Kennedy Stewart announced they would join demonstrators at Kinder Morgan’s Burnaby Mountain tank farm.
“I do not take violating an injunction lightly. I respect our courts and await the court ruling on the legitimacy of the permit issued to Kinder Morgan,” said May in a release to announce she was taking part in Friday’s protest.
“Unfortunately, the federal government and the Texas corporation are not awaiting the ruling of the Federal Court. Kinder Morgan is committed to acts constituting irreparable harm ‒ to the environment and to indigenous rights.”
.@ElizabethMay has been released. pic.twitter.com/0bgBTiwbaK
— Rafferty Baker (@raffertybaker) March 23, 2018
May said she has been charged with civil contempt for blocking the road and was released with conditions to appear in court June 14.
With files from the Canadian Press and CBC.
Andy Neal
