Canada’s North Needs Many Things, But Oil and Gas Drilling Isn’t One of Them

The Norman Wells pipeline connects oil fields in the Northwest Territories to Alberta

By Edward Struzik

This article was originally published on The Conversation Canada.

Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod was right when he issued a “red alert” in November and called for an urgent national debate on the future of the Northwest Territories. His peers, the premiers of Nunavut and the Yukon Territory, would be justified in calling for the same thing.