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What a shame

[The_Shadow]

The pipeline controversy fully illustrates the sad state of affairs here.
 
This is justs a small exerpt from an article in the Financial Post and the 2nd last paragraph very well applies to our proposed coal mine development and the vigorous opposition to it.

https://business.financialpost.com/2014/06/17/northern-gateway-approval-from-ottawa-now-means-british-columbia-must-get-on-board/?__lsa=null

Ottawa has approved Enbridge’s controversial 1,178-km pipeline that will ship oil-sands derived crude per day from Alberta to a Pacific port at Kitimat, B.C.

With the Conservative government’s approval of Enbridge Inc.’s Northern Gateway pipeline Tuesday, the spotlight now is on British Columbia — politicians, aboriginals, ordinary citizens — to get on board.

They’re the holdouts in this over-the-top melodrama that’s out of step with the rest of the country’s desire to diversify its export markets and get top value for its resources. It’s particularly out of step with Alberta, which desperately needs passage to the West Coast for its oil, much as B.C. natural gas has for decades traversed Albertan lands on the way to U.S. consumers.

British Columbians, too, need to accept the judgment of Canada’s institutions and trust Canada’s energy sector to deliver on its commitments.

Anything less presents a risk to the province that is more immediate than any risk to the environment of an oil pipeline or tanker rupture — a reputation for B.C. as a rogue jurisdiction where the economy is held hostage by environmentalists and aboriginals who oppose lots and offer little.

British Columbians seem to have forgotten that they courted Northern Gateway in the first place; making claims that Ottawa is imposing this project against their will is dishonest. The cities of Kitimat and Prince Rupert fought over it, back in the days when the North Coast was desperate for jobs and investment because the lumber and fishing industries were on their knees, and the newly elected provincial Liberals were so keen to lure any new business they were even talking about finally allowing offshore drilling.