This morning I caught the last part of a (co-op radio 102.7) radio speak with Irene Lanzinger from BC Federation of Labour. She spoke about the complex issues between First Peoples, Labour unions and environmentalists.
My first response is whats so complex? Here is why. We potentially could kill off Indigenous Nations! Destroy the lands that all nations live on and with and for what purpose?
To drive our cars? One large company can make lots of money and respond to pressures from other countries that want the oil? Apparently there will be about 60 permanent jobs. Is this all worth the devastation?
Check this video from 10 year old child (Ta'kaiya)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkjIkuC_eWM
Chris
My first response is whats so complex? Here is why. We potentially could kill off Indigenous Nations! Destroy the lands that all nations live on and with and for what purpose?
To drive our cars? One large company can make lots of money and respond to pressures from other countries that want the oil? Apparently there will be about 60 permanent jobs. Is this all worth the devastation?
Check this video from 10 year old child (Ta'kaiya)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkjIkuC_eWM
Transporting Alberta tar sands oil to the B.C. Coast
The Northern Gateway Pipeline is a proposal by Enbridge to construct twin petroleum product pipelines 1,170 kilometres between Brudenheim (located just north of the city of Edmonton) and Kitimat, B.C.
One pipeline would carry 525,000 barrels per day of Alberta tar sands crude oil westward to a new oil tanker port at Kitimat. The other would carry condensate – a lighter petroleum product used to dilute bitumen – eastward for use in transporting the tar sands crude oil.
Enbridge’s stated reasoning behind its proposed pipeline is that it would facilitate access to new markets for Canadian tar sands oil. Currently, the majority of tar sands oil is shipped south to U.S. markets.
Chris
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