This weekend thousands of Canadians marched against the Conservative government’s proposed anti-terrorism bill C-51. In this episode of DeSmogCAST we take a close look at the proposed legislation and discuss how it relates to the recently-leaked RCMP intelligence report that names pipeline opponents and First Nations “violent anti-petroleum extremists.” Keith Stewart, climate and energy campaigner with Greenpeace Canada, discusses the significance of the internal intelligence report and Greenpeace’s role in its release.
We also take a look at Kinder Morgan’s secretive behaviour in the Trans Mountain pipeline review and how anti-terrorism laws meant to protect ‘critical infrastructure’ like pipelines may (Read more…)