Depending how hard The Feds and Alberta push, it could get very ugly. “The West” fragmented; B.C. NEP-ed, West-Coat independence movements galore. The ROC forced to choose between beautiful B.C.…
by: Brent Patterson | First published by The Council of Canadians on June 16, 2014 A map of Enbridge’s proposed $6.5 billion Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline. Map from Mining.com…
“We’ve heard through the grapevine that the Harper government is going to announce a delay,” said the Chief Phillip said to the hundreds of people gathered to protest the bitumen…
An account of the feds new rail safety improvements can be found here. From it: The federal government wants a three-year phase-out or retrofit of older tank cars that are…
Good news over the weekend. The citizens of Kitimat B.C. had their say on the Northern Gateway pipeline, and they said NO. In a referendum on Saturday, they voted 1,793…
Deputy Premier Dave Hancock holds forth in the Legislature this morning as a few bored reporters half-heartedly listen. Below: Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who could have written Mr. Hancock’s script; former…
From his interview with Calgary Metro News:“Because of that I have been a strong promoter of the Keystone XL pipeline and also a harsh critic on the way the prime…
Lobbyists gather in the lobby of the House of Commons at Westminster. Below: Politician turned lobbyist Chuck Strahl, B.C. Lobbying Commissioner Elizabeth Denham. Notwithstanding his classification as a Designated Public…
How Brian Jean may have started to see himself after whiling away too many hours on Parliament Hill over the decade. Amateur psychologizing by blog authors is unlikely to resemble…
Manning Centre-Security Intelligence Review Committee Chair and Enbridge lobbyist Chuck Strahl. Below: Former would-be Reform Party prime minister Preston Manning; Reform Party prime minister in waiting Jason Kenney. All these…
Phony signatures on Enbridge’s list of First Nations who’ve expressed support for the Northern Gateway pipeline? The Driftpile First Nation is on the list, though they’ve gone to extensive lengths…
Another aircraft takes off from Fort McMurray International Aerodrome loaded with CO2 captured from Alberta’s Athabasca bitumen sands. The gas will be stored in the basements of Russian buildings as…
Roger Kingkdade is host of Kingkade & Kelly on News Talk 770 in Calgary: Come get some, tar cowboy. PS. NEP = National Energy Program.
In a new book about the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal, The Oil Man and the Sea, author Arno Kopecky relates his attempt to interview Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)…
If “a majority of Canadians say they are “concerned” about potential negative financial impacts on their families if proposed pipeline projects fail to get the go-ahead” is the best they…
If Harper says that he will not take no for an answer from the U.S. on Keystone — a project over its future he ultimately has no real control —…
Stephen Harper is desperately trying to get Canada’s First Peoples to buy into the Northern Gateway Pipeline. But, Michael Harris writes, they will not be snookered by Mr. Harper. They…
Stephen Harper was in British Columbia over the weekend, “negotiating” with British Columbia’s native peoples on the Northern Gateway file. Michael Harris writes that Mr. Harper has a constitutional duty…
During Question Period on Thursday, Green Party leader Elizabeth May asked Stephen Harper whether the feds would still approve Enbridge‘s Northern Gateway Pipeline, now officially rejected by British Columbians. WATCH:…
From Jansen, Sask.: The oil industry suggests they will move their product by train if their pipelines don’t get approved. They should really be made to use safe rail cars.
