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Kennedy Stewart

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Terry Beech, Burnaby, Kinder Morgan, Trans Mountain

Liberal MP Terry Beech says most of his riding opposes Kinder Morgan pipeline

Terry Beech shows up in casual clothes on a Friday a few metres away from a gate at the limits of Kinder Morgan’s property, watching as waves of residents from the southwestern British Columbia community of Powell River risk arrest by lining up to block incoming traffic. He says that 58 per cent of his constituents told his office in a recent survey that they oppose the project.

Kinder Morgan pipeline supporters and detractors are being swarmed by online 'bots'

An industry ad to amplify pro-pipeline perspectives is just one example of how the online conversation around the troubled Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion is, increasingly, being pushed to its edges by actors on both sides of the debate. Casual opinion polls and social media platforms are open battlegrounds as messages spread quickly and debate become increasingly polarized.