…as little as possible. Then: ….Enbridge representatives went door to door promising that they would pay for spill damages, Mayhall said. Now:“The statements at issue, that were made in Defendants’ [Enbridge’s] press releases and brochure, were mere expressions of intention, not offers.” Because there’s talk going about that an oil-spill wouldn’t
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The Disaffected Lib: Hey Canada, Do You Really Want to Talk?
Having a conversation with a bitumen booster is like talking to a climate change denier. It’s impossible to have a broad-reaching discussion, covering all the bases. That’s because the Tar Sanders have some bases they want to bypass. They want to narrow the conversation to play into their greatest strengths
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Christy Clark and the Big Oil Sellout
I wish I could cheer for Christy Clark in her battle with Alison Redford over the future of the Northern Gateway pipeline. But I just can't eh? I just don't believe that bartering with someone who wants to shove a pipeline up your ass is something that should be celebrated. At
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Sometimes It’s the Hot Button Moments that Smoke Out Scammers
And by scammers I’m referring to the Alberta and Harper governments. When B.C. premier Christie Clark pushed the revenue-sharing hot button in opposing the Northern Gateway pipeline/supertanker proposal, the scammers showed their hand. Oh the country would fall apart, they crowed, if provinces could erect walls against inter-provincial transport of
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: How Much They Worry About First Nation’s Rights, The Environment, And Stuff In Calgary
CALGARY – A public hearing on a proposal to build a pipeline to ship oilsands bitumen from Alberta to the British Columbia coast has been cancelled in Calgary due to a lack of interest.Kudos to Christy Clark, no matter how late she is to the game or how equivocal her position. I
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Northern Gateway Liability Trap
A major part of Harper’s perfidy lies in the way the Northern Gateway is structured with liability cut-outs to let the major players escape liability. IslandTides.com has an eye-opening feature on how coastal B.C. is being hung out to dry. In another column, retired CBC journo Patrick Brown outlines the
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Harper Ditches the Snitches
Why has Stevie Boy Harper gutted fisheries and marine protection services and staff, leaving the British Columbia coast seriously unprotected, just as he’s pushing through the greatest environmental threat our coast has ever seen? Firing monitoring and research staff, entire departments, at Fisheries and Oceans. Relocating the west coast oil
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Your Daily Nazi: Mayor Rob Ford
…with Nazi. On an unrelated note, WK is totally fucked up in the head re Christy Clark and Northern Gateway. B.C. for B.C.ers! Down with the blue eyed sheikhs! Through these mountains and verdant fields, no oil shall pass.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Are We Going This Alone?
Will British Columbians stand alone against Alberta’s bitumen pipelines? What I’m reading is that the populations of other provinces seem to support the Northern Gateway and Kinder-Morgan pipeline/bitumen-supertanker initiatives. And that’s certainly the way Ottawa and Alberta are attacking British Columbia. Our unelected, unelectable and outgoing premier, Christie Clark, isn’t
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: British Columbia’s Sordid Premier
There’s something really sleazy about BC premier Christie Clark. Faced with growing public opposition to the Northern Gateway and Kinder-Morgan bitumen pipeline trafficking, she sat mute for months as her own and her party’s fortunes tanked. Finally she stood up on her hind legs and announced the pipeline/supertanker business was
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Northern Gateway: B.C. Conservative Leader John Cummins Speaks Out Re Northern Gateway
July 23, 2012 – Vancouver – John Cummins, Leader of British Columbia’s Conservatives, today announced the conditions that a new BC Conservative government would require for the construction of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline and any other projects that aim to open up markets in Asia for Canadian energy. “First, the current
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: B.C.’s "Requirements" For Approving The Northern Gateway Pipeline–What They Really Mean
B.C. and indeed all of Canada, have Alberta by the balls. Now its time to squeeze.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: US Report Says as Much About Harper as Enbridge
The American Transportation Safety Board report that slammed Enbridge over the 2010 Kalamazoo River bitumen spill disaster in Michigan actually tells us as much about Harper and his EnviroShill Peter Kent as it does about Enbridge’s miserable lack of fitness as a pipeline operator. Kent has come to the defence of
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Enbridge Cleans Up
The fellow in the vid is John Bolenbaugh, a one-time employee of SET Environmental, a company Enbridge hired to clean up their Kalamazoo spill. He sued them for wrongful dismissal, and won, and is now going after Enbridge itself. Note that the story was written before the NTSB report that’s been in the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Alison Redford and the Pipeline to Nowhere
Holy hee haw. Lasso me like a baby steer. I can't believe that Alison Redford is still snubbing Tom Mulcair. Redford said no meeting with Mulcair is on the books. "Nobody's asked me to meet with him and I'm quite busy Stampeding and speaking to Albertans about what matters to them."
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Mulcair Makes Play For B.C. Vote
A damning report on Enbridge Inc.’s inept handling of the 2010 crude oil spill in Michigan should kill the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair said Tuesday in Victoria. He said it right in the provincial capital, too, so everyone in B.C. will read about it or see
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Wear This, Enbridge
“Trust Us.” That’s the theme behind Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline PR campaign. The company is desperate to get the public convinced they’re trustworthy. They’re pros, they know what they’re doing, they can handle any pipeline problems that come their way. Bollocks. At some point Enbridge is going to have to
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: NDP Courts B.C.
…comes out against Northern Gateway. Do the federal Liberals have a position on this issue? I mean, I know we’re Pro-reefer, and since the recent B.C. ruling, many have suggested that the party come out as in favor of euthanasia, so maybe the LPoC is set to position itself as the “get
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: And Now, In Other Pipeline News…Wait For It!…
…a pipeline catches fire in Fort St. John, B.C.!
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