“B.C. Dene vow to halt Northern Gateway pipeline.”
So read the headline in the GLOBE AND MAIL published March 14, 2012 and written by a Shawn McCarthy.
With Harper at the helm and with current regulations, the Dene will be hard pressed to halt the proposed pipeline. Nevertheless, “Chief Jackie Thomas of the Saik’uz First Nations, was part of a delegation in Ottawa Tuesday meeting with opposition members of Parliament to build support for their anti-pipeline stand.”
She reiterated, “Enbridge will never be allowed on our lands.”Tell that to Harper.
He had recently said, “…that new pipelines to the West Coast are in the national interest.” The National Energy Board must comply and therefore, will certainly approve the project.
The stage is set.
Dwight Nelson, an Ottawa-based consultant and lecturer at Carleton University predicts, “We’re going to see a huge outcry about indigenous human rights” if the pipeline proceeds, “you’re going to see blockades and other militant action, and you’ll definitely see lawyers in massive mobilization.”
Seems the only concrete bridge will be created by the lawyers themselves, transporting them into retirement.
