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To: teevee who wrote (184475)	6/17/2014 7:17:38 PM
From: whitepine	1 Recommendation Recommended By dvdw© Respond to of 206177

...and from the Financial Post............this selection: Within minutes of the announcement, opponents of the project vowed that the pipeline will never see the light of day despite the nod from Ottawa. “First Nations will immediately go to court to vigorously pursue all lawful means to stop the Enbridge project,” said a statement issued by a broad coalition of B.C. aboriginal groups. The statement was signed by 28 individual bands and the three main aboriginal organizations in the province: the B.C. Assembly of First Nations, the First Nations Summit and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. “This project, and the federal process to approve it, violated our rights and our laws. We are uniting to defend our lands and waters of our respective territories,” they said. They said the majority of British Columbians oppose the project, which they said poses an “unacceptable risk” to the environment and health of all people in the province. “We will defend our territories whatever the costs may be,” the statement said. The decision already faces legal challenge. Several First Nations and environmental groups have filed applications with the Federal Court for judicial review of the federal panel report recommending approval. The Gitxaala and Coastal First Nations have already said they are preparing broader lawsuits against the federal government and/or the company over aboriginal rights. The Sierra Club B.C. called the decision a “slap in the face” for British Columbians. “But ultimately, it changes nothing: the Enbridge pipeline will not get built,” said spokeswoman Caitlyn Vernon. “We are deeply disappointed, but you need to look no further than the spate of legal challenges filed against this project to know that cabinet’s approval is by no means a guarantee that this project will ever be built,” said Barry Robinson, a staff lawyer for the group Ecojustice. The project was always going to be controversial. The proposal is for a 1,200-kilometre pipeline that would link Alberta’s Athabasca oilsands to a marine terminal on the northern edge of British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest. To do so, it would cross the territories of more than 50 First Nations. Most of those are in B.C., where aboriginal bands never signed treaties with the Crown and where many land claims remain unresolved. The pipeline will deliver bitumen — the heavy, molasses-like oil product from the oilsands — to oil tankers that are seven times the length of an NHL hockey rink. Those oil tankers will then transport the heavy oil product around the small islands that dot the narrow Douglas Channel and past the Haida Gwaii archipelago and a UNESCO world heritage site. The economics are compelling. Billions of dollars in revenues and GDP are at stake. A joint federal review panel recommended approval in December, with the 209 conditions, and the Conservative government has made it clear for some time that finding new markets for Canadian oil is an economic priority. But pressure will now mount on the B.C. government, which officially opposed the project at federal review hearings. =============== As I previously commented, the tail wags the dog. Ngo's are government. Welfare natives have every reason to oppose. Their welfare checks will never be cut. Time for Alberta to secede and become the 51st state..........or adopt the Parti strategy and simply declare independence.

To: teevee who wrote (184475)	6/18/2014 11:57:36 AM
From: Dennis Roth	1 Recommendation Recommended By evestor Respond to of 206177

First Nations leaders prepared to fight Northern Gateway pipeline Kelly Cryderman CALGARY — The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Jun. 17 2014, 9:06 PM EDT theglobeandmail.com First Nation leaders say Ottawa’s decision to give the Northern Gateway pipeline the go-ahead will prompt a new push to halt the project through the courts, in public campaigns, and – if necessary – by protests on the land... The Canadian pipeline (almost) everyone hates gets a go-ahead By Heather Smith grist.org Supertankers to the coast: Canada approves building controversial pipeline Posted on June 17, 2014 \| By Joel Connelly blog.seattlepi.com Despite Protests, Canada Approves Northern Gateway Oil Pipeline By IAN AUSTEN JUNE 17, 2014 nytimes.com ...The company must meet about 100 conditions imposed by the regulator before construction begins. Mr. Monaco declined to say how long that would delay construction, but he suggested at one point that it would take at least four years... ...If legal and political challenges are ultimately unsuccessful, Mr. Sterritt added, “our people will be out there stopping the bulldozers.”