NOT eco-extremists
...
NOT eco- terrorists
...
BUT
certainly the BC NDP, propped up by Andrew Weavers Green Party, could perhaps now be called eco-radicals!
What else
do they DESERVE to be called after fully stating that they will do everything
in their power to oppose, and shut down, the twinning of the Kinder Morgan
Trans Mountain
pipeline?
Running
750 miles, this pipeline has operated safely now for sixty four years (since
1953). Not only does the Trans Mountain
pipeline run through Kamloops,
it is an important part of the pipeline.
As Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Pipeline portion of their website
states:
Refined products from Edmonton are routed to Kamloops for local distribution. Kamloops is also a receiving site for products from
northeastern British Columbia
that are bound for the west coast. The facility contains two storage tanks with
a shell capacity of 160,000 barrels (25,000 m³).
Despite
the fact this project is LEGALLY able to go ahead (projected to start in September)
after being approved by the National Energy Board, a massive opposition
continues to grow. An opposition that is
clearly supported by the very government that should be doing everything
possible to promote and encourage safe, and environmentally sound, energy
projects.
John
Horgan's NDP have been opposed to MANY resource development projects, including
the Trans Mountain pipeline, but today they clearly had killing this HIGH
PAYING / UNION JOB CREATING project dead in its tracks.
They
began that process by hiring former BC
NDP leader and Supreme Court justice Thomas Berger, to look at current
action against the pipeline expansion plan.
He will also be applying to be an intervener in legal challenges to
federal approval of the project.
YES ...
the BC government -- John Horgan's NDP -- will, as I stated, be doing
everything possible to stop this project dead in its tracks.
Today, at
a news conference, BC NDP Environment Minister
George Heyman stated:
“We are committed to use every tool to defend
BCs coast [from] threat of tanker traffic ... Our government made it clear that a seven-fold
increase in heavy oil tankers in the Vancouver
harbour is not in BCs best interests. Not for our economy, our environment, or
thousands of existing jobs.”
Uhmmmm,
excuse me, Mr Heyman, Mr Berger, Mr Horgan, and Mr Weaver. Have all of you missed the point that this
company has operated a pipeline to the BC coast SAFELY NOW for over SIX
DECADES!!
BC
Conservatives ... line up your guns (figuratively speaking of course) against
the BC NDP, and the BC Green Party.
They are
opposed Nationally Energy Board approved as safe projects ...
They are committed
to taking every legal step possible to oppose and shut down environmentally
approved energy projects ...
They will
think nothing of wasting taxpayers resources to hire a former NDO leader as
their legal spokesperson and intervener to stall and halt environmentally approved
projects ...
They are
opposed to thousand of high paying jobs (jobs that would employ hard working
union men and woman) ...
In
opposing this LEGALLY APPROVED project, they are green lighting so-called environmentalists
to do whatever they want to shut down BC's mining, energy, and resource
projects.
John Horgan's
NDP have essentially told them go ahead because they will also be doing
everything they can to shut down this, and other projects.
NO
political party in BC is going to say they are not going to deliver proper
standards in health care and education.
There's no need to fight that fight when the next election campaign gets
underway.
No, instead,
target what the BC NDP and the BC Green Party are weak on. PROTECTING JOBS --- good high paying union
jobs in fact. The kind of union jobs
that will generate taxes revenue and wealth for the province.
This NDP
/ Green Party government is sounding an attack on the well-being and prosperity
of our province ... and they are putting at risk the very future of the women and
men who continue to build, power, and protect this province.
Here's my
message to the BC Conservatives, a message that I believe they should take to
each and every British Columbian. Tell them ...
We will not sit idly by while the Green's and NDP prepare to drive our economy into the ditch.
We will not sit idly by while the Green's and NDP prepare to drive our economy into the ditch.
We will not forfeit the economy,
or the environment; we can, and will, protect both.
TODAY ... we are serving you with
an eviction notice. Come next election,
be prepared to be evicted from the BC Legislature by the majority of voters in British Columbia
Today we take up this cause, for
there is nothing greater than the safety, protection, and well-being of British Columbians ... no matter
what their age or generation.
Will they
follow my advice? Who knows? But a
chorus of agreement, swelling from the people of BC, will certainly let them know
if this is the right path to take.
In Kamloops, I'm Alan
Forseth. The floors yours now, so let's hear from you.
A chill runs down my spine when I think of the BC Conservatives telling the citizens of BC that they will not sit idoly by while the Greens and NDP prepare to drive our economy into the ditch. The Executive of the BC Conservatives have driven the party into the ditch so the Citizens of BC are not going to suddenly respond to a rallying call by this undemocratic gang of yahoos.
ReplyDeleteHowever in a conversation today I learned that at least two federal Conservatives are seriously considering a run for the BC Liberals leadership. Hopefully that will occur and BC residents will have somebody they can genuinely rally around to support high paying jobs in BC.
Cal Davis
Hey Cal ... we're all welcome to have an opinion. Some will agree, some will disagree, and some won't give a crap. So, that said, I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts. I don't agree, but that's okay
DeleteIn nineteen fifty six I worked on the pipeline crossing at flood B.C. from start to finish. To my knowledge there has never been a leak of any kind. That must be much safer than rail or truck hauling.
ReplyDeleteWell said, though I fear the BC Conservatives may not provide the forceful leadership needed to challenge the new government. As to the BC Liberals rising from the ashes of the fires brought on by the last two leaders ... well don't hold your breath. BC politics has clearly alienated all rational discourse much like the continuing saga in Ontario and even in the country. Personally I fear the economy will need to be completely trashed before the voters in the province finally realize anti-development is anti-life.
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