Oil sands and First Nations

[vegas1500]

Thought this may be of interest to certain people on here


http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2016/1 ... st-nations

[maryjane48]

i already started a thread on how first nati9ns are bribed

[Pat-Taporter]

Both bituminous-sands operations and pipelines present First Nations with moral dilemmas.

“Indigenous leaders have a responsibility to block threats to the land, water and their people . . ..” But, “ . . . communities maintain the right to self-determination,”
(http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2016/1 ... st-nations).

Yvon Pomerleau, CRC President suggests, “I hope that those of you who work in the oil sands industry or related fields will raise this issue in the workplace and will do whatever lies within your field of responsibility to safeguard the integrity of creation,” (https://www.hnp.org/wp-content/uploads/ ... -sands.pdf ).

[vegas1500]

i already started a thread on how first nati9ns are bribed

really, that's what you think the article is saying? Even when it comes from the chief himself, you still can't get over the fact that some good may come from the Oilsands.....the bubble you live in must be a lonely place.

[Merry]

When one contrasts the prosperity of First Nations benefitting from the oil sands, with the poverty of many First Nations living in the far north, it is easy to see why the former are in favour of pipelines.

How so many of the First Nations leaders (who tend to come from the southern, more prosperous parts of Canada), can deliberately ignore the benefits accruing to their brothers and sisters in the North, utterly defeats me.

Whether you approve of the oil sands or not, the fact is that they will continue to exist, and will continue to ship their product to market. What Environmentalists should be doing is ensuring that it is shipped in the most environmentally sound way possible. And that's by pipeline.

[fluffy]

Whether you approve of the oil sands or not, the fact is that they will continue to exist, and will continue to ship their product to market. What Environmentalists should be doing is ensuring that it is shipped in the most environmentally sound way possible. And that's by pipeline.

The trouble is that there is mounting public pressure against the burning of fossil fuels in general mainly due to the issue of global warming. Regardless of what your position is on man-made global warming the fact remains that more and more people are making the connection that burning fossil fuel = global warming = bad and feel that it would be a good thing to shut down the oil industry completely. There are those of us who see this line of thought as short-sighted at this particular point in time but that gets lost in the fact that our government is a political engine that runs on votes, and for the most part the lion's share of those votes run on public sentiment. While the burning of fossil fuels may be with us for some time yet, increasing public pressure will lead to increasing restrictions and taxes on the practice and will make it increasingly expensive to use the stuff and in the end we will all pay dearly, First Nations Peoples included.