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Pipeline protestors are myopic, narrow-minded shills who have one single objective that is contrary to the interests of Canada and her people


Vivian Krause leads fight against Americans who have landlocked the oil sands
David Staples  ~~  Edmonton Journal  ~~  November 14, 2018

It’s not often that powerful American interests are completely open about their success at thwarting a foreign economy, but that’s what happened a year ago when Michael Marx talked up his achievements.

 
Protesters and activists have two goals -- keep Canadian
oil in the ground, and if not, then keep our oil landlocked
“From the very beginning, the campaign strategy was to land-lock the tar sands so their crude could not reach the international market where it could fetch a high price per barrel. This meant national and grassroots organizing to block all proposed pipelines.”

…  co-ordinated two major American charitable foundations, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and The Tides Foundation, in their anti-oilsands fight … campaign has supplied tens of millions in U.S. dollars to groups such as Greenpeace Canada, Idle No More, Leadnow, Living Oceans Society, the Pembina Institute, the Sierra Club, the World Wildlife Fund Canada and various First Nations to battle against the oil sands …

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I wonder how many pipeline protestors will admit they are indoctrinated shills of American corporate billionaires. They are not protecting anything other than the foreign bank accounts of the people who pay for organizing them. All that holier than thou, protect our environment posturing is a scam.


Our governments are failing us, by allowing a few hundred foreign organized shills to dictate public policy that affects every one of 36.7 million other Canadians. 

We must strike back and refuse to support any politicians or political party that will not actively promote and support resource development in Canada. 

We can make it an election issue. 

We can appear wherever politicians’ campaign and demand they listen to us and stop throttling our economic lifeblood.   

$100 billion per year is significant lost income that would eliminate our federal budget deficits and allow us to reduce our federal debt, currently standing at over $1.2 trillion. Interest on that debt is just under $29.4 billion or $800 per person per year. Those lost tax dollars do not provide any services or programs -- they go to foreign lenders.

Pipeline protestors are myopic, narrow-minded shills who have one single objective that is contrary to the interests of Canada and her people. They don’t care if our economy tanks and unemployment is rampant if their desires are met. 

They can voice their opinions on their own dime, petition parliament, speak to MPs and otherwise act within our lawful framework, but the thuggery they regularly turn to must not be tolerated. Protesters have no more rights than any other resident, and that must be made clear.   



Protestors who block projects or march without permits or block roads must be arrested, charged and given the choice of community service or jail time ... no fines. 

They might find that doing something useful for their community gives them a new perspective.


John Feldsted
Political Consultant & Strategist
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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