Days after being re-elected, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he intends to push forward with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project that has sparked massive debates throughout the country.

Vancouver IslandB次元官网网址檚 branch of Extinction Rebellion (XR) is vowing to continue to pressure governing forces to take action in the face of the climate crisis.

Despite the massive amount of attention brought to issue thanks to Greta Thunberg and the Friday for Future school strikes, Mark Nykanen, XR spokesperson, says the sense of emergency never really came across during the campaigns.

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The Liberal government expects to receive $500 million a year from the project, which theyB次元官网网址檝e promised to spend on cleaner sources of energy and projects that pull carbon out of the atmosphere. For XR, thatB次元官网网址檚 not enough.

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Back in June, a day after declaring a climate emergency, the federal government approved the Trans Mountain pipeline. The decision was faced with harsh criticism, especially from B.C.B次元官网网址檚 government.

B次元官网网址淭his is an absolute scar on our future and [Trudeau] is the one making the incision,B次元官网网址� Nykanen says.

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While XR did not endorse any party, they want to see stronger plans put in place to mitigate the earthB次元官网网址檚 rising temperatures.

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Recently London police tried to ban XR protests, which has been called an abuse of power and has been taken to court in the U.K. Nykanen says heB次元官网网址檚 more concerned about the consequences of not facing the crisis than of police reaction.

Protesters have drawn criticism in regards to some of their civil disobedience tactics such as blocking off traffic in the downtown core and shutting down the Johnson Street bridge during rush hour.

B次元官网网址淣one of us love having to stand in front of people, take abuse and slow down traffic B次元官网网址� this is not fun, but if somebodyB次元官网网址檚 got a better idea then speak up.B次元官网网址�