Opponents split on boycott of Aboriginal Cogeneration’s plant
An opponent of Aboriginal Cogeneration’s plan to burn creosote railway ties in Kamloops is calling for a boycott of Thursday’s forum, but other campaigners aren’t joining.
Calling it a “free country,” Derek Cook, a political scientist at Thompson Rivers University, said he has no objection to Aboriginal Cogeneration Corp. president Kim Sigurdson, along with government officials, being invited to a special Kamloops Chamber of Commerce forum Thursday.
And the local chapter of the Council of Canadians, which is also strongly opposed to the gasifier being located here, will not join the forum boycott.
Boycotting the forum seems wrong-headed; focus on the lack of community consultation, or maybe the community does not care?
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