It seems Harper isn’t finished working over British Columbia in preparation for forcing through the Northern Gateway bitumen pipeline-supertanker venture.He’s gutted our fisheries regulations, ditto for our marine ecosystem protections. He’s move…
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Dennis Gruending On The Oppression Of Canadian Mennonite Magazine
Quite a bit more detail here than in the CBC piece. The most interesting bit, though, is not even about the magazine per se. Its about the financial costs associated with running afoul of the CRA:[David] Suzuki…said that his foundati…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: China: Canada Like Infertile Old Bag If We Don’t Cough Up Bitumen REAL SOON
Chicomm PR offensive re Northern Gateway Pipeline in full swing. Talking points contracted out to Ethical Oil.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: One Alberta Government Too Many
One thing that grates on plenty of British Columbians is that Canada has two Alberta governments, one too many. We have a provincial Alberta government that sits in Edmonton and a federal Alberta government that sits in Ottawa. The Alberta government in Ottawa does things the provincial Alberta government can’t
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Harper’s Pipes May Be Backing Up
There are signs that the fight for the coast may have new impetus. As reported recently in the Associated Press, the United States could soon come into a bounty of oil. Part of it comes from newly discovered reserves, part from the Gulf of Mexico and a huge new source
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Grey Hair & Blue Rinse Crowd Take to the Field
We’re here, maybe not queer, but you are going to have to live with it. I attended the local “Defend Our Coast” rally this week outside our local MLA’s office. It wasn’t a protest directed at the MLA but a demonstration of our views and determination to stop bitumen trafficking
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Will this Setback the Future of Altnerative Energy in the U.S.?
Drill, baby, drill. We’ve heard of America’s natural gas bounty realized by extensive fracking. Overlooked, however, is the success of fracking in U.S. oil production. The Associated Press reports the United States may soon become the world’s top oil producer. U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the United
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Grounds for Divorce
Is Steve Harper trying to engineer the breakup of Canada? That might be just what the prime ministerial bully boy accomplishes with his closet trade deal with China. The deal, that no decent Canadian, emphasis on decent, would ever accept may be Harper’s way to endow China with the leverage
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Against Our Will, Without Our Consent
The only thing Steve Harper can count on if he tries to ram through the Northern Gateway pipeline/supertanker project is a united British Columbia determined to stop him. Even our unelected/unelectable/outgoing premier, Crispy Clark, knows what awaits Harper. “Heaven forbid, it would be a national political crisis. Whether or not
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Its Usefulness At An End?
A brief note on an otherwise uneventful Saturday. There has been no new material added to the Ethical Oil website since September 10th. The same thing applies to their twitter feed. Furthermore, most of the people that took over from creators Ezra Levant and Alykhan Velshi seem to have left the
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Northern Gateway: Not Going That Way
The latest poll out of B.C.: In the survey, respondents were shown a map with the proposed location of the Enbridge Northern Gateway, a new pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia’s north coast that would export oil on tankers to China. Only nine per cent of British Columbians completely support
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Northern Gateway Pipeline is Dead
Or so says Jeffrey Simpson.The Northern Gateway pipeline that Enbridge proposes to build from Alberta’s bitumen oil to the Pacific coast of British Columbia is, for all intents and purposes, dead. Yes, regulatory hearings before the National Energy Board will continue until the NEB approves the project. And yes, Enbridge will
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Jeffrey Simpson Pronounces Northern Gateway D.O.A.
Globe & Mail columnist Jeffrey Simpson writes that the Enbridge/Harper/China Northern Gateway pipeline proposal is dead – stone cold dead. To survive, the Gateway pipeline would have to push past the growing opposition of British Columbians in general, the opposition of the current Liberal provincial government and the NDP government
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Would BC Sabotage the Enbridge Pipeline?
It’s widely accepted that British Columbia lacks the authority to stop the Northern Gateway pipeline. The argument goes that the pipeline proposal would be a matter of federal jurisdiction. Maybe, maybe not. British Columbia’s unelected, unelectable and outgoing premier, Christy Clark, says Victoria could kill the pipeline by simply refusing
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Kinder Morgan Hurls Pipeline Revenue Hot Potato Back To Alberta, Federal Government
B.C. Premier Christy Clark has lain down five conditions for having any new “heavy oil” pipeline traverse provincial territory. These are: …successful completion of the environmental-review process; world-leading marine and land oil-spill response, prevention and recovery systems for B.C.’s coastline and ocean to manage and mitigate the risks and costs
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: BC Opposition to Pipelines – Solid and Building
A new poll has discovered that British Columbians take bitumen pipelines very, very seriously. In fact, the pipelines come second only to the economy in priority and even ahead of healthcare. “It is very unusual to see a single issue top health care or come so close to tying with
Continue readingearthgauge: Earthgauge Radio September 13, 2012: From the frontlines of the Northern Gateway pipeline struggle
Download: earthgauge-podcast-sept13-2012-northerngateway.mp3 I’m excited to be back at CKCU to kick off the second season of Earthgauge Radio! On this the September 13 edition of the program, we hear a couple of interviews live from the frontlines of the Northern Gateway pipeline struggle in B.C. On the show today: Art Sterritt –
Continue readingearthgauge: Earthgauge Radio kicks off season 2 tomorrow morning on CKCU!
Tune in to CKCU FM 93.1 tomorrow morning from 7:00-8:00 AM for the launch of the second season of Earthgauge Radio! On tomorrow’s show, I’ll be bringing you two interviews from the frontlines of what is shaping up to be one of the defining environmental struggles in recent Canadian history:
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Enbridge Dummies Up About Chinese Pipeline
Just who is going to own the proposed Northern Gateway bitumen pipeline? Could the totalitarian People’s Republic of China be one of the owners? Enbridge tried to change the subject when the question was posed today at the sham federal review panel hearings underway in Edmonton. The pipeline operator dismissed
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The New Liberal Leader Must Oppose Northern Gateway
At least if they want me to vote for them. But also because its a solid political decision in advance of 2015. The number of pro-pipeline votes to be had in B.C. is small and getting smaller. Alberta is and will remain a wasteland regardless. And the NDP’s anti stance
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