Whats in it for BC?
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 Current economic climate: 
Trans Mountain pays $7M in tax annually to Burnaby making it the municipalities third largest tax contributor - 
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Projected economic climate following expansion : 

$6.8 B private sector investment into the Canadian pipeline network 
9000 British Columbian jobs during construction x 4 years 
1000 permanent jobs along the system and at the Burnaby terminal upon completion 
an additional $3.7 B annually into Canadian energy exports 
an additional $23M / year to British Columbia in property tax 
an additional $6 M annually to the city of Burnaby 
an additional $366,000 to the Westridge Marine terminal per tanker( = $127 M annually) 
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Hundreds of jobs and hundreds of millions of tax dollars just to green light the expansion of an energy transport system that has been functioning safely  for over five decades
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is there any rational reason to attempt to thwart this project?