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Harper's War on Science

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by Joyce Nelson

Canada’s Information Commissioner, Suzanne Legault, agreed at the end of March to launch an investigation into the extensive muzzling of federally-funded scientists at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada and other federal agencies. Her decision comes after a February 20th complaint formally filed by Democracy Watch in partnership with the Environmental Law Clinic of the University of Victoria, which called for a full investigation and was accompanied by a 128-page report, Muzzling Civil Servants: A Threat to Democracy.

That report documents systematic silencing since 2007 of

Elizabeth May Nails It in Her Discussion of Pipelines West, East, and South

Submitted by delores on Fri, 05/03/2013 - 09:51

Writing for Island Tides, Elizabeth May discusses the issues around all the pipeline proposals, eastern Canada's reliance on foreign oil, and comes to the only sensible solution -- slow down the expansion of the tar sands to a managable and steady 2 million barrels a day, which would cool inflation, and construct the refineries needed so that Alberta is shipping conventional oil and gas to eastern Canada instead of dilbert. May says this would be thinking like a country.

Sounds like a plan to me.

Chairman Harper Selling Tar Sands, Selling Canada with Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Act (FIPA)

Submitted by delores on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 10:37

Andrew Nikiforuk today in the Tyee unveils the depths of Harper's economic treason in the Asian trade deal. Almost too painful and horrifying to read. This is the total sell out of our resources and our civil rights. When you are on trial in a secret Chinese court, it will be too late to realise you should have read this news! 

Kinder Morgan Pipeline Safety

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by Joyce Nelson

BC Energy Minister Rich Coleman appears to be ignoring the fact that corporate ownership of the Trans Mountain Pipeline changed hands in 2005, when the Canadian owner, Terasen Inc., was bought for $3 billion by Houston-based energy giant Kinder Morgan. Regarding the pipeline, Coleman told the Burnaby NewsLeader (April 12), "This one's been in operation for a long time, and it does show that pipelines can operate safely for generations."

Pipelines, Tankers and Tar Sands

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Tar sands oil pumped via the Keystone XL Pipeline will increase greenhouse gas emissions.

by Ben West

Last week, I sat in my office in the Gastown district of Vancouver and learned that the most powerful government in the world is putting my community on notice. From my window, I watched a large crude oil tanker cruise through Burrard Inlet, as an email arrived quoting the US State Department about these very oil exports in our city. 

The email came from an ally in the historic civil disobedience action outside the US White House in Washington, DC. Over 1,200 people were arrested for

Watershed Sentinel at Defend Our Coast, Victoria, October 22, 2012

Submitted by Arthur on Tue, 10/23/2012 - 21:18

Watershed Sentinel put one of its video cameras in the hands of a reporter who poses no threat to Steven Spielberg or Damien Gillis.

Pipeline Update - The Freedom Train

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Pipeline routeby Susan MacVittie

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government is determined to speed up and streamline the government-approval process for pipelines, recently cutting federal environmental-oversight agencies drastically from 40 to three, slashing budgets, limiting public participation and assigning fixed assessment timelines. It's all part of a slick plan.

Northern Gateway Pipelines, Comox, March 30

Submitted by delores on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 14:05

Amazing, knowledgeable passionate oral testimony this afternoon at the Joint Panel Review hearings in Comox. Speakers receiving standing ovations from the crowd. One speaker  was almost cut all because he was discussing the "social turmoil" which would happen if the pipeline tried to go ahead, a sentiment endorsed by other speakers.

Court Allows Beaver Lake Cree to Challenge Tar Sands

Submitted by delores on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 15:51

Breaking news: AB Court gives green light to BLCN's constitutional challenge of the tar sands developments

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