whatever just step right up and be a test subject . I will wait until trials are complete .
B.C. First Nation signs multimillion-dollar deal with gas pipeline company
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Anywho….back to the Coastal-Link Pipeline….Damaged industrial equipment, booby traps, incendiary devices and blockaded roadways — RCMP Chief Superintendent Warren Brown thought he had seen it all from protestors and activists during his time overseeing the north district of the province of British Columbia, but Thursday’s attack on a Coastal GasLink pipeline site was something different.
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The pipeline has government approval for construction, as well as the support of all 20 elected First Nation councils that span the pipeline’s route through northern B.C — though some members and supporters of the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en people (and some eco-whatever’s and some terrorists) are opposed to the project.
Police had not yet made any arrests in connection with Thursday’s attack. Brown acknowledged it will be a challenge to identify the assailants who were disguised and masked when they arrived at the site on foot.
“Their arrival seemed to be very well coordinated,” Brown said. “The violence, the rhetoric, the threats — their purpose seemed to be very coordinated. This was definitely co-ordinated and it was targeted and it was done at that time for a specific reason.”
Brown said he wants the public and community to understand that the police response to Thursday’s incident won’t be akin to a crackdown of law enforcement on lawful protest.
Trudeau did not turn to the Emergencies Act in 2020, when Indigenous protesters shut down huge sections of the Canadian railway system, throwing innocent workers out of jobs and impeding the country’s infrastructure, commerce and trade.
Like this trucker protest, he was also missing in action then, but for a different reason: he was glad-handing his way around the world, handing out aid goodies to third-world countries, to get their votes at the United Nations because he wanted Canada to get a useless, two-year seat on the Security Council. He lost badly, as did Canada’s international reputation.
He never dirtied his hands on the railway standoff either, but dispatched cabinet ministers to hand concessions to the First Nations involved, so they would back off their illegal blockades. He did not send in police with guns and body armour.
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Trudeau has never lifted a finger against illegal pipeline blockages by green or Indigenous or foreign activists. Nothing was said or done when men wielding axes attacked workers at a Coastal GasLink construction site last week.
Western provincial premiers called on the federal government to take a more aggressive stance in response to the attack in northern British Columbia. The calls came amid heightened tensions across Canada, as police in Ottawa began arresting protesters involved in the three-week blockade of the streets around Parliament Hill, which prompted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to assume emergency powers this week.
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The move to quell ongoing protests and blockades against pandemic restrictions has been unpopular with the premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and Friday, premiers Jason Kenney and Scott Moe bluntly challenged the prime minister on social media to respond to the incident at the Coastal GasLink site.
From Trudeau? Crickets….thank God Putin is invading the Ukraine…”Look Over There! Look at me acting solemn & solid while pointing my finger away from real domestic terrorism in Canada or dodging the Senators and reeling in the EMA before they could have voted it down a few hours later! Quick, someone take my picture!!”
We (I use the term We referring to Canadians in general) have elected this clown three different times now somehow.
'This has gone way too far': Investigators begin probing violent attack on Coastal GasLink site — Financial Post
'The violence, the rhetoric, the threats — their purpose seemed to be very coordinated'
The pipeline has government approval for construction, as well as the support of all 20 elected First Nation councils that span the pipeline’s route through northern B.C — though some members and supporters of the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en people (and some eco-whatever’s and some terrorists) are opposed to the project.
Police had not yet made any arrests in connection with Thursday’s attack. Brown acknowledged it will be a challenge to identify the assailants who were disguised and masked when they arrived at the site on foot.
“Their arrival seemed to be very well coordinated,” Brown said. “The violence, the rhetoric, the threats — their purpose seemed to be very coordinated. This was definitely co-ordinated and it was targeted and it was done at that time for a specific reason.”
Brown said he wants the public and community to understand that the police response to Thursday’s incident won’t be akin to a crackdown of law enforcement on lawful protest.
Trudeau did not turn to the Emergencies Act in 2020, when Indigenous protesters shut down huge sections of the Canadian railway system, throwing innocent workers out of jobs and impeding the country’s infrastructure, commerce and trade.
Like this trucker protest, he was also missing in action then, but for a different reason: he was glad-handing his way around the world, handing out aid goodies to third-world countries, to get their votes at the United Nations because he wanted Canada to get a useless, two-year seat on the Security Council. He lost badly, as did Canada’s international reputation.
He never dirtied his hands on the railway standoff either, but dispatched cabinet ministers to hand concessions to the First Nations involved, so they would back off their illegal blockades. He did not send in police with guns and body armour.
Diane Francis: For Justin Trudeau, peace, order and bad government carries the day — Financial Post
A protest, even a disagreeable one, is not an emergency, insurrection or a crime
Trudeau has never lifted a finger against illegal pipeline blockages by green or Indigenous or foreign activists. Nothing was said or done when men wielding axes attacked workers at a Coastal GasLink construction site last week.
Western provincial premiers called on the federal government to take a more aggressive stance in response to the attack in northern British Columbia. The calls came amid heightened tensions across Canada, as police in Ottawa began arresting protesters involved in the three-week blockade of the streets around Parliament Hill, which prompted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to assume emergency powers this week.
'This has gone way too far': Investigators begin probing violent attack on Coastal GasLink site — Financial Post
'The violence, the rhetoric, the threats — their purpose seemed to be very coordinated'
The move to quell ongoing protests and blockades against pandemic restrictions has been unpopular with the premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and Friday, premiers Jason Kenney and Scott Moe bluntly challenged the prime minister on social media to respond to the incident at the Coastal GasLink site.
From Trudeau? Crickets….thank God Putin is invading the Ukraine…”Look Over There! Look at me acting solemn & solid while pointing my finger away from real domestic terrorism in Canada or dodging the Senators and reeling in the EMA before they could have voted it down a few hours later! Quick, someone take my picture!!”
We (I use the term We referring to Canadians in general) have elected this clown three different times now somehow.
Obviously, Coastal has a right to have its property unmolested.
Still, as a matter of practicality, don't they have the mother-wit to have security cameras?
They won't have to depend on True Dope to do something then. Existing laws and police forces should suffice.
Still, as a matter of practicality, don't they have the mother-wit to have security cameras?
They won't have to depend on True Dope to do something then. Existing laws and police forces should suffice.
They had security cameras. It was one of the first things hit. All the “Protesters” that arrived & departed in the night wore identical white camo & masks.
Then they didn't have enough security, or smart enough security. Or it was an inside job.
Which is as it should be. I don't generally favor armed goons with insufficient training and no police powers.
The ones WITH insufficient training and police powers are bad enough.
Excellent. Never let a decent, intelligent exchange of views continue without sticking in your oar with personal attacks and witless whataboutery.
Nice. "I know you are, but what am I?"
Any other grade-three wisdom you care to share?
How much security can you get in the middle of nowhere , and even with security they can only be rent a cops who have no enforcement powers or weaponry .
Yes it was , but I had not read that answer prior to posting . FYI .
These are remote temporary camps for the most part even a chain link fence must be removable .
Anyhow, back to the government addressing these pipeline issues in BC.
Last week, as the world watched police restore public order in downtown Ottawa, the federal government’s hostility to resource development was dealt a huge financial blow that may in the end land-lock Canada’s immense oil reserves. Trans Mountain Corp. (TMC) announced that total costs for its pipeline expansion have ballooned 70 per cent to an eye-watering $21.4 billion, up from the latest estimate of $12.6 billion, and almost triple the initial estimate $7.4 billion. And, no surprise, the project’s projected completion was extended to the third quarter of 2023.
In response, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the government will not sink any more money into the pipeline it bailed out almost four years ago.
“Bailed out? Holy Revisionist History Batman!!”
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The project’s unhappy history is relevant to its future — if it’s going to have one. In May 2018, the federal government purchased TMC from KMC for $4.5 billion, plus indemnification for construction costs. It was bought in a panic for top dollar after KMC had declared it would not be proceeding, in spite of $1 billion in sunk costs.
The company had basically had it with activist and political opposition, regulatory delays and financial and reputational risks. But the Trudeau government had already rejected Northern Gateway and effectively forced cancellation of Energy East. And, despite its hypocritical claims, its draconian Impact Assessment Act (the “No More Pipelines Act”) assured no private-sector pipeline would ever be built.
For the cost estimate to jump that much, expenses had to have been escalating for many months, if not years, without the government coming clean with Canadian taxpayers. It seems likely Minister Freeland mandated delaying disclosure, not the company’s board members, who would take their governance responsibilities seriously. She also needed a fall guy; hence the unceremonious sacking of CEO Ian Anderson, previously president of Kinder Morgan Canada (KMC).
Without access to tidewater and overseas markets much of Canada’s energy wealth is stranded. Even a green-obsessed government determined to “transition” out of (i.e., DESTROY) the oil and gas industry understood it could not be seen to land-lock all of Canada’s immense proven oil reserves, the third largest in the world. The harm to national unity, not to mention hundreds of billions of dollars in lost revenue, would be indefensible — and still are.
Not that there would be any partnerships with first Nations groups all the way along the pipeline in advance, and partnership agreements for hiring and construction and servicing and so on and so forth…but that’s another story that also fits into this thread.
There’s a lot more at the link if anybody’s interested.
Last week, as the world watched police restore public order in downtown Ottawa, the federal government’s hostility to resource development was dealt a huge financial blow that may in the end land-lock Canada’s immense oil reserves. Trans Mountain Corp. (TMC) announced that total costs for its pipeline expansion have ballooned 70 per cent to an eye-watering $21.4 billion, up from the latest estimate of $12.6 billion, and almost triple the initial estimate $7.4 billion. And, no surprise, the project’s projected completion was extended to the third quarter of 2023.
In response, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the government will not sink any more money into the pipeline it bailed out almost four years ago.
“Bailed out? Holy Revisionist History Batman!!”
Joe Oliver: Hostility to resources comes home to roost at Trans Mountain — Financial Post
Without access to tidewater and overseas markets much of Canada’s energy wealth is stranded
The project’s unhappy history is relevant to its future — if it’s going to have one. In May 2018, the federal government purchased TMC from KMC for $4.5 billion, plus indemnification for construction costs. It was bought in a panic for top dollar after KMC had declared it would not be proceeding, in spite of $1 billion in sunk costs.
The company had basically had it with activist and political opposition, regulatory delays and financial and reputational risks. But the Trudeau government had already rejected Northern Gateway and effectively forced cancellation of Energy East. And, despite its hypocritical claims, its draconian Impact Assessment Act (the “No More Pipelines Act”) assured no private-sector pipeline would ever be built.
For the cost estimate to jump that much, expenses had to have been escalating for many months, if not years, without the government coming clean with Canadian taxpayers. It seems likely Minister Freeland mandated delaying disclosure, not the company’s board members, who would take their governance responsibilities seriously. She also needed a fall guy; hence the unceremonious sacking of CEO Ian Anderson, previously president of Kinder Morgan Canada (KMC).
Without access to tidewater and overseas markets much of Canada’s energy wealth is stranded. Even a green-obsessed government determined to “transition” out of (i.e., DESTROY) the oil and gas industry understood it could not be seen to land-lock all of Canada’s immense proven oil reserves, the third largest in the world. The harm to national unity, not to mention hundreds of billions of dollars in lost revenue, would be indefensible — and still are.
Not that there would be any partnerships with first Nations groups all the way along the pipeline in advance, and partnership agreements for hiring and construction and servicing and so on and so forth…but that’s another story that also fits into this thread.
There’s a lot more at the link if anybody’s interested.
The US doesn't take us seriously because we don't take ourselves seriously
Like the recognition of Journeyman status province to province before Red Seal (?) or the pipeline access squabbling with BC & Quebec towards Saskatchewan & Alberta (?) or the retaliatory reaction towards BC by Alberta for BC wine (?) or the whole “West Coast pipeline bills that don’t apply to...
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Nearly three months after masked, axe-wielding assailants attacked a B.C. work camp in the dead of night, a team of more than 40 RCMP investigators have yet to announce any leads into the identities, funding or methods of those responsible.Anywho….back to the Coastal-Link Pipeline….Damaged industrial equipment, booby traps, incendiary devices and blockaded roadways — RCMP Chief Superintendent Warren Brown thought he had seen it all from protestors and activists during his time overseeing the north district of the province of British Columbia, but Thursday’s attack on a Coastal GasLink pipeline site was something different.
'This has gone way too far': Investigators begin probing violent attack on Coastal GasLink site — Financial Post
'The violence, the rhetoric, the threats — their purpose seemed to be very coordinated'
The pipeline has government approval for construction, as well as the support of all 20 elected First Nation councils that span the pipeline’s route through northern B.C — though some members and supporters of the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en people (and some eco-whatever’s and some terrorists) are opposed to the project.
Police had not yet made any arrests in connection with Thursday’s attack. Brown acknowledged it will be a challenge to identify the assailants who were disguised and masked when they arrived at the site on foot.
“Their arrival seemed to be very well coordinated,” Brown said. “The violence, the rhetoric, the threats — their purpose seemed to be very coordinated. This was definitely co-ordinated and it was targeted and it was done at that time for a specific reason.”
Brown said he wants the public and community to understand that the police response to Thursday’s incident won’t be akin to a crackdown of law enforcement on lawful protest.
Trudeau did not turn to the Emergencies Act in 2020, when Indigenous protesters shut down huge sections of the Canadian railway system, throwing innocent workers out of jobs and impeding the country’s infrastructure, commerce and trade.
Like this trucker protest, he was also missing in action then, but for a different reason: he was glad-handing his way around the world, handing out aid goodies to third-world countries, to get their votes at the United Nations because he wanted Canada to get a useless, two-year seat on the Security Council. He lost badly, as did Canada’s international reputation.
He never dirtied his hands on the railway standoff either, but dispatched cabinet ministers to hand concessions to the First Nations involved, so they would back off their illegal blockades. He did not send in police with guns and body armour.
Diane Francis: For Justin Trudeau, peace, order and bad government carries the day — Financial Post
A protest, even a disagreeable one, is not an emergency, insurrection or a crime
Trudeau has never lifted a finger against illegal pipeline blockages by green or Indigenous or foreign activists. Nothing was said or done when men wielding axes attacked workers at a Coastal GasLink construction site last week.
Western provincial premiers called on the federal government to take a more aggressive stance in response to the attack in northern British Columbia. The calls came amid heightened tensions across Canada, as police in Ottawa began arresting protesters involved in the three-week blockade of the streets around Parliament Hill, which prompted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to assume emergency powers this week.
'This has gone way too far': Investigators begin probing violent attack on Coastal GasLink site — Financial Post
'The violence, the rhetoric, the threats — their purpose seemed to be very coordinated'
The move to quell ongoing protests and blockades against pandemic restrictions has been unpopular with the premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and Friday, premiers Jason Kenney and Scott Moe bluntly challenged the prime minister on social media to respond to the incident at the Coastal GasLink site.
From Trudeau? Crickets….thank God Putin is invading the Ukraine…”Look Over There! Look at me acting solemn & solid while pointing my finger away from real domestic terrorism in Canada or dodging the Senators and reeling in the EMA before they could have voted it down a few hours later! Quick, someone take my picture!!”
We (I use the term We referring to Canadians in general) have elected this clown three different times now somehow.
Despite witnesses and photos, still no RCMP arrests in Coastal GasLink axe attack — National Post
The B.C. RCMP has assigned 40 investigators to the attack three months ago
Just last week, another violent incident — this time in Montreal — appeared to be linked to the Coastal GasLink project. A Jaguar and Land Rover parked in the driveway of RBC executive Michael Fortier were both lit on fire. Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal are currently investigating the arson’s connection to a string of recent vandalism incidents targeting the homes of RBC executives, ostensibly due to the bank’s financing of the Coastal GasLink project.
Police investigating if anti-pipeline anarchists torched cars of RBC executive who was an ex-Tory minister — National Post
It is the latest of a rash of attacks against Royal Bank and its executives' properties over the last few months by anarchists opposed to RBC's funding of the Coastal GasLink pipeline
Night in Westmount
Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info Over the past 2 months, the RCMP has ramped up their continued harassment and intimidation of the people living at and defending the Yintah from CGL, at km 44 camp, on Gidimt'en territory. A few days ago, cops decided to arrest someone, using the pathetic...
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“When the police gave chase, it appears as though they might have lulled us into a trap,” RCMP Chief Supt. Warren Brown said at a press briefing, adding that pursuing officers stepped on nail traps.
On Friday, an RCMP spokesperson told the National Post there were “no updates” on the investigation.
While the Feb. 17 attack represented an “amped-up level of violence,” according to police, it was far from the first time that Coastal GasLink operations has been interrupted by illegal agitation.
In November 2021, more than 500 Coastal GasLink employees in that same work camp became stranded after access roads were blocked by activists who used commandeered heavy equipment to trench road surfaces and erect blockades. (We had a family member in that Kim
In that particular case, the blockaders made no attempts to conceal their identities or motives, and even established a protest encampment that was only cleared when forcibly dismantled by the RCMP. After multiple years of protests, the RCMP has spent roughly $21 million on policing and clearing blockades in the region.
The Coastal GasLink pipeline was the same project that, two years ago, prompted sustained countrywide road and rail blockades by anti-pipeline demonstrators. A subsequent accounting by the Parliamentary Budget Office estimated that the blockades caused an estimated $275 million in economic damage.
(did Mr. Trudeau enact the emergencies act?)
In a December op-ed for the National Post, representatives of the Wet’suwet’en’s Gidimt’en Clan questioned the hereditary status that pipeline opponents were claiming for themselves, and condemned them for inviting “violent people into our territories.”
In the immediate aftermath of the November blockade, Wet’suwet’en chief Maureen Luggi similarly issued a statement saying the actions were contrary to the wishes of “most Wet’suwet’en people,” some of whom were among the workers trapped in the Coastal GasLink camp.
Nevertheless, among Coastal GasLink opponents, the Wetʼsuwetʼen’s anti-pipeline chiefs have often been portrayed as the community’s sole legitimate representatives.
In a March statement condemning Coastal GasLink, for instance, Hollywood actor Mark Ruffalo dismissed the First Nation’s elected leadership as having been “put in place by the colonial government.”
Changed his name to Mark Buffalo.
See, that gives him the standing to speak for FNs.
