CBC News reports:
“Northern Gateway has said that they would provide effective spill response in all cases. However, they have presented little evidence as to how they will respond,” Lake said.
“For that reason, our government cannot support the issuance of a certificate for the pipeline as it was presented to the joint review panel.”
Oil sands, not tar. Not the same thing.
BC is home to Green activist David Suzuki, commonly referred to as the “fruit-fly guy”. I noticed a recent comment on a Canadian blog, indicating the level of influence the Suzuki Foundation has on Canada’s “Green” politicking – check it out:
http://thebiggreenlie.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/how-young-minds-are-being-poisoned-by-green-activists/#comment-7149
Lotus-eating would be my theory.
That does not surprise me. BC is Canadas’ CA. Very left leaning and eco loonish. Christy Clark is a sharp politician who is using this to look good. There is also a fair bit of American money pouring into various groups in BC so help stop the pipeline. I wonder why people of the west coast seem to be such flakes?