Kinder Morgan has a secret weapon – his name is Ian Anderson – NewsCaf

Just another day on the stump: Kinder Morgan Canada president Ian Anderson prepares to defend his pipeline project during a radio interview inVancouver.

Ed Ou

A team of public relations reps greets Ian Anderson as he strides into a cheerless caf in the Kamloops airport. It is 9:20 a.m. on a drizzly Tuesday in the B.C. city, and the president of Kinder Morgan Inc.s Canadian operations is getting ready for another day on the stump.

Anderson, a husky man dressed in a dark overcoat, slumps in a chair and nurses a coffee while his handlers run through the days itinerary. For the past six years, his life has been consumed by his employers bid to nearly triple shipments of oil from Alberta to the B.C. coast via its Trans Mountain pipeline, so hes become accustomed to the routine. How do we refer to the traditional territory? he asks. An adviser pipes up: Secwpemc. Anderson repeats it, slowly, Suh-wep-muhc. Later today, he will address the local chamber of commerce, and hes reminded to stick to the prepared script. Just like Edmonton, a PR woman stressesimplying not like Vancouver, where Anderson caused a minor panic among his staff by suggesting humans are not responsible for climate change. He backtracked, but the company was forced to issue a clarification. Were not talking about that stuff, Anderson confirms. Its done. That was yesterdaysnews.

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