First published on Ecorport
With an upcoming decision, a group of famous Canadian politicians and businessmen Calling Prime Minister Stephen Harper To approve the northern gate pipeline project. The Prime Minister of Alberta and Saskatchewan, as well as the three conservative cabinet ministers, joined with the leaders of Canadian Petroleum producers, Canadian Chamber of Commerce and BC Chamber of Commerce to say that this is a project. Our time right. Will the proposal of the northern gate pipe continue?
Despite the clear sympathy for the fossil fuel industry, the signature of Premier Christy Clark is not among them. It has been more than a year since Clark told reporters that The people of British Columbia Must approve this project. Any effort to proceed without that consent will be a national political crisis. Whether people support the pipeline or not, they will against the federal government if they decide to penetrate the British Columbia without our consent.
To get that consent, Premier Clark has set five conditions to be met.
Technically, the federal government can fulfill the first condition: successfully complete the environmental assessment process. In their press release, the BC government defined this as a recommendation of the General Evaluation Council of the National Energy Committee and the subsequent approval of the Federal Cabinet conducted by the project.
However, in the final number, there are 10 lawsuits showing that the environmental assessment has been shortened. Some people believe Humpback whale has been deleted from the list of threatened species Therefore, the evaluation council will not have to explain why it refuses to have a restoration strategy for whales in the file.
Like Globe and mail Launched this morning, the seminar did not explain any evidence that it relied on and it refused. For all that we know, its report may have been written before the hearing sessions were opened. This is not a transparent and responsible process that the Canadian expects, and is legally enjoyed.
There is no leading reaction, prevention and recovery system in the world for BC's Coastline (two conditions) or the corresponding system for earth spill (three -conditioned).
It is also becoming more and more clear that most British Columbia are opposing the northern gate pipeline. It includes the first many countries with the rights of aboriginal and treaties that need to be resolved (Four Conditions).
Enbridge announced they signed an agreement with 60% of the first countries along the route.
This does not include the Yinka Denn alliance, who accounts for 25% of the land that the pipe will surpass.
On their site It said, First Nations's Yinka Dene Union is committed to using all legal means to prevent this brutal project from being built through our territory and joined with the first countries. Other to create a strong opposite wall and not broken.
A smart thing for the government to do is to respect the first countries and reject the Gateway pipeline project of Enbridge North, a spokesman said this afternoon. We maintain, and we once again talk with all the necessary legal means!
Enbridge also did not have the consent of Haisla's first nation, who declared Kitimat station proposed as part of their ancestral territory.
Will the government of Stephen Harper conduct pipes?
Eoin Madden, who holds power for the final decision) is to refuse the northern gate pipeline because, quite simple, we are at a time when they are being tested very large, Mr. Eoin Madden said, Eoin Madden, climate campaign for the wildlife committee.
The northern Gateway Gateway has attracted great attention from the media and the public, and we are in the Federal Election in 2015. Canadians are looking for leadership about what the president The US is called the challenge of our generation: climate change. The polls are very clear: the British Columbia do not want this crazy sabotage project to be conducted. The first countries, through federal and provincial courts, hold the keys on whether the pipeline may be legally built. They said very clearly: That does not mean no! Given that context, a approval means short -term political pain for a shot in the future. I hope a decision approving pipes with difficult conditions (a type of latency), a complete delay on the final decision or completely refusing this proposal.
Similar arguments apply to Clark's government. Forcing this pipeline for the British Columbia will most likely have negative political consequences for many years to come.