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After years of unchecked political power — fuelled by unlimited money from corporations, unions and wealthy individuals all over the world — B.C. has finally banned Big Money in politics. But after decades of Big Money poisoning our democracy, British Columbians continue to suffer the consequences.

Attorney General David Eby appears to have inherited a huge mess. Money-laundering casinos, a housing market corrupted by drug dealers, powerful industries writing their own laws — our beautiful province is rotting from the inside out.

Our democracy is suffering from decades of darkness and secrecy, with Big Money pouring in from corporate bank accounts and lobbyists running amok. It’s time to let the sunshine in.

Kinder Morgan executives in Houston are laughing all the way to the bank — with $4.5 billion of our money.

Canadians are left holding a leaky 65-year-old pipeline. And the federal government is ready to spend billions more on an uncosted oil tanker expansion project with no market and no future.

Justin Trudeau’s government wants to hand $4.5 billion of our tax dollars to Texas oil executives.

Canadians will be left holding a leaky 65-year-old pipeline — and an uncosted oil tanker expansion proposal with no market and no future.

Instead of helping ordinary Canadians, Bill Morneau took $4.5 billion of our money and handed it to rich oil executives in Houston.

Now, Canadians will be left owning a leaking, 65-year-old pipeline — and an uncosted oil tanker expansion proposal with no investors, no market and no future.

B.C. Premier John Horgan is facing a wave of pressure like we have never seen.

Pro-pipeline politicians in Alberta and Ottawa are threatening B.C. with sanctions, lawsuits and even soldiers if we continue to defend our communities from the expansion of toxic diluted bitumen shipments.

The Trudeau government is telling the world to stop burning deadly thermal coal for electricity. At the same time, they are letting U.S. coal companies ship their coal through B.C. ports to China, Japan and Korea for that exact purpose. And these exports are increasing.

Did somebody say climate hypocrisy?

Coal dust billowing off the American coal trains careening through our towns is coating the homes and lungs of children in British Columbia. Why? So Donald Trump’s coal baron donors can squeeze the last profits from their dying industry.

U.S. ports reject coal exports because of their poor financial future and health impacts. Now this dirty U.S. coal is bound for B.C. ports, putting our health and economy at risk — and it’s getting a free ride.