It’s a pity – no it’s actually disgusting-- that smaller and fewer newsrooms, owned and operated by fewer and fewer independent companies, will have the say on what gets shown tomorrow
Let
any resource company try and build an approved pipeline, with the highest
degree of safety measures anywhere in the world, and you'll see hundreds upon
hundreds of (often time) paid protesters onsite, back-stopped of course by local
infant toddlers holding (barely) protest signs ... all the way up to granny and
grandpa too.
You’ll
see hours of video ... news story after news stories by the so-called mainstream
local, and national news outlets, showing this.
What they don’t show you however are the vast majority – excluding those
foreign funded and paid protesters – that have NO IDEA what’s happening other
than they have been told resource development is bad – will pollute – and will
destroy.
Convoy trucker Brad Schnell |
In
the midst of the real people of the land, are anarchists who’s only mission is
to destroy. AND THAT makes for great
news --- great in the sense it is sensationalized, and creates a large audience
for radio, newspaper, and TV. An audience
they flog to big business selling corn fluffs and soap buds, and all the necessities
of life.
Just
for interests earlier today, I took a minute (and indeed that was ALL it took),
to see what news there is today of the national truck convoy protesting
Ottawa's continued delays in getting pipelines built.
What
did I see? One story and one story alone
in the National Post, CTV, and Global ... and not a single one was more than a
couple hundred words.
That
is PATHETIC!
Right
now, hundreds upon hundreds of individuals from communities across Canada, are
on the outskirts of Ottawa, where they will arrive tomorrow, including Brad Shell,
supporting his son-in-law, the oil and gas industry, and Suits Boots and, just
one of the organizations taking part.
And
each and every one of the people taking part in this convoy to Ottawa is doing
so on their own dime – THEY ARE NOT funded by U.S. interests who determined to
see OUR recourse industry flounder and eventually die.
And
the latest attempt by Justin Trudeau’s federal government is Bill C-69, which
is before the Senate.
According
to Suits and Boots founder Rick Peterson, there efforts are to see that
government doesn’t let Bill C-69 pass!
“If passed, this bill will choke off pipeline
and resource development forever”, he stated
“Bill C-69 will instead turn what should be
an assessment, into social and gender-based agent of the government – it WILL
ADD further delays and interference to tie up projects forever”, he
continued.
He
further offered, “The unintended
consequences of Bill C-69 will turn out to be the socialization of pipelines.”
That
is likely one of the biggest reasons for the convoy – to try and show Senators
the pain that is being felt not only in Alberta ... but right across the
prairies, and British Columbia as well.
“Right now,” stated Peterson, “investments that should be made here, are
instead going south of the border”
“What Board of Directors, from a private company in Canada, would think of investing here -- they’ll need to start with ONE BILLION dollars just to find out if they can get through an assessment?”
“What Board of Directors, from a private company in Canada, would think of investing here -- they’ll need to start with ONE BILLION dollars just to find out if they can get through an assessment?”
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Tomorrow
Ottawa will see hundreds of trucks descend on the capitol ... and show to Canadian
politicians that BALANCE is needed when the federal government considers policies
around oil and gas policies. Will they
listen?
Those
involved with Suits and Boots hope to have an opportunity to speak to the
Senate, and are optimist they will have that opportunity. Their organization alone will be speaking for
over 300 communities across Canada – only a third of which are in Alberta.
Proof,
that the impacts of this issue are widespread!
Proof too that mainstream media should perhaps give it the attention it deserves, because of the tens of thousand s of families the resource industry affects.
Proof too that mainstream media should perhaps give it the attention it deserves, because of the tens of thousand s of families the resource industry affects.
OH,
and yes indeed some of those involved will with the Yellow Jackets will indeed
be there ... and I am sure that they will be used by the news media to
sensationalize their reporting – that rather than showing the plight resource
communities face.
It’s a pity – no it’s actually disgusting-- that smaller and fewer newsrooms, owned and operated by fewer and fewer independent companies, will have the say on what gets shown tomorrow.
Independent reporting, sadly, is disappearing, but big business doesn’t give a crap –nor does it seem the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC), who allowed it to happen.
It’s a pity – no it’s actually disgusting-- that smaller and fewer newsrooms, owned and operated by fewer and fewer independent companies, will have the say on what gets shown tomorrow.
Independent reporting, sadly, is disappearing, but big business doesn’t give a crap –nor does it seem the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC), who allowed it to happen.
In Kamloops,
I’m Alan Forseth, and now I am very much interested in hearing what your
thoughts are on this important topic. Please take a moment to write them
down in the Comments Section directly below this blog post.
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