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“I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.” ~~ John G. Diefenbaker

It's time to quit being apologetic ... if you live in rural and Northern BC ... and make your living from the land, and its resources

A post on Twitter this afternoon (Sept 10th), from Mike Hudama (@MikeHudama), stated, " BAM! Hundreds out in Vancouver to stand-up against # KinderMorgan # tarsands pipeline. BC says NO " I hate to deflate your big city -- rose-coloured glasses   -- cocooned life Mike, however, BC does not say "No" -- at least not all of BC --- in fact not even the majority. Your are part of the loud a vocal minority of people who by sheer numbers tend to live in the Metro-Vancouver area; ... with hillsides clear-cut to make way for tens of thousands of overpriced homes ... with thousands of acres paved over with concrete for all of your designer stores selling more of the same crap with a different label ... that you drive to in over-priced vehicles with huge engines that can never be driven to capacity (but still burn huge volumes of fossil fuel) ... who live miles, and hours, from work that require huge expensive transit systems to get you around ...

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