Dylan Waisman

Dylan Sunshine Waisman received her Master's degree in International Human Rights law in 2018 from Radboud University in the Netherlands, and received her degree in European Law at Nottingham Trent University in England. Find Dylan's work on National Observer's FacebookLive page.

48 Articles

Kinder Morgan company used private investigators to monitor protestors. Here's how it worked.

On a sunny morning in late May, people protesting the Trans Mountain pipeline trickled in one by one to mingle at the Watch House campground. Two men hired by Kinder Morgan to report back on the protestors' activities mixed discreetly with the crowd, their identities unknown to the around them. An exclusive investigation, from National Observer.

Trans Mountain

By Alastair Sharp & Dylan Waisman | July 13th 2018

Judge hands down decision in first anti-pipeline protester trial

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled nine anti-pipeline protesters are guilty of criminal contempt of court for violating an injunction on March 17 while blockading the Kinder Morgan tank farm on Burnaby Mountain. All nine had pleaded not guilty.

Trans Mountain

By Dylan Waisman in News, Energy, Politics | June 18th 2018

Stricter penalties dissuade pipeline protestors from civil disobedience

No one has been arrested since the Crown warned on May 28 that violators attempting to stop construction of the Trans Mountain expansion could face two weeks jail time.

By Dylan Waisman in News, Energy | June 12th 2018

Jody Wilson-Raybould, Kinder Morgan, Trans Mountain, Vancouver

WATCH: Canadians protest at MP's office against Trans Mountain pipeline

A day of action saw protests at the offices of some Liberal MPs, including Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould's constituency office in Vancouver, against the federal government's offer to spend $4.5 billion to buy pipeline assets from Texas-based energy giant Kinder Morgan.

Trans Mountain

By Dylan Waisman in News, Energy, Politics | June 5th 2018

Kinder Morgan injunction expanded across B.C.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has granted Texas energy giant Kinder Morgan the power to expand the scope of its injunction, in a bid to keep anti-pipeline protesters away from its property.

Trans Mountain

By Dylan Waisman in News, Energy, Politics | June 3rd 2018

Andrew Scheer, Conservative Party of Canada, Ottawa

Canadian Conservative leader slams Trudeau for 'bailout' of Texas pipeline company millionaires

Pipeline opponents in B.C. rallied in Whistler and Burnaby Mountain on Saturday the wake of the federal government's announcement that it would purchase the Trans Mountain pipeline for $4.5 billion in taxpayer funds.

Trans Mountain

By Dylan Waisman in News, Energy, Politics | June 3rd 2018

Chief Bob Chamberlin says Trudeau’s Kinder Morgan deal was ‘shameful’

"This is a shameful path for Canada," said Bob Chamberlin, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs vice president, asking why Canada can afford to buy a $4.5 billion oil pipeline but not safe drinking water for First Nations communities.

Trans Mountain

By Dylan Waisman in News, Energy, Politics | May 30th 2018

B.C. judge slams Elizabeth May over Kinder Morgan

Green Leader Elizabeth May has pleaded guilty to violating a court injunction requested by Texas-based Kinder Morgan.

Trans Mountain

By Dylan Waisman in News, Energy, Politics | May 28th 2018

High school students walk out to protest Kinder Morgan

An organizer of the high school student rally in Vancouver said “that youth value our lands, livelihood and future, over a pipeline that proceeds without Indigenous consent, in disregard of Canada’s climate change commitments and threatens our climate future.”

Trans Mountain

By Dylan Waisman in News, Energy, Politics | May 24th 2018

Protesters stage dramatic "die-in" at Kinder Morgan gates

Covered in fake blood, dozens of people staged a 'die-in' in front of the gates of a Kinder Morgan pipeline terminal on Burnaby Mountain on Wednesday.

Trans Mountain

By Dylan Waisman in News | May 17th 2018