Eighteen months into expensive hearings across the far north of British Columbia, views on the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline between proponents and opponents remain as far apart as ever. One of the most consequential choices facing Canada today is coming to a head in a modest hotel banquet room just off the CN railway tracks, where a few dozen people have assembled for a final shot at influencing a decision on whether the proposed Northern Gateway oil sands pipeline should reshape the country’s economic future or be cast aside for the angst it has provoked. On the second day of final arguments here, oil producers pleaded for approval of the pipeline to permit them to access new markets, while members of local communities deplored their greed and questioned their audacity for putting their environment at risk.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:32:23 +0000
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