BACK CHAT
Jon Ferry’s first column of 2012 shot up the most-commented charts faster than a story on Justin Bieber’s latest haircut. His views on the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline
generated the debate one would expect. Join the conversation at: theprovince.com/opinion
Give and take
People are wrong to think we can keep this resource to ourselves and keep our domestic prices down. We have something the world wants and needs and they have things we want and need. That’s how the world works. Get over it!
Ignorant ‘greenies’
“Life is full of risks” — so true! Cars kill people every day but I don’t see any greenies coming out and saying “ban cars.” most of these tofu-eaters don’t know how their gas and oil gets to their neighbourhoods — It just magically appears at the pump.
Protest rising
It smells like people are ready to join First Nations and fight this pre-meditated ecohomicide and stop it.
Few alternatives
Sure it would be good to have less harmful alternatives but we don’t. Until we do we need to contribute as much as we can to the world oil supply.
Trespassers
“We don’t need foreign interference?” Really? I’ll remind you that it is foreign-owned corporations from the U.S. and China that are driving this. If that isn’t foreign interference, what is?
Well, Jon?
Jon should spend time down in the Gulf of Mexico, armed with a toothbrush, and clean every pebble and traumatized animal there so he can understand what people are so “up in arms”about.
Alberta refineries
Why are we building pipelines to ship this to China so they can refine it? Why doesn’t Enbridge use that $8 billion to build refineries in Alberta?
Short-changed?
What Jon fails to mention is there are 20 major projects scheduled in the next five to 10 years in B.C. that will directly benefit B.C. All of these will provide long-term, high-paying jobs during construction and mining royalties to the government coffers. Compare this to the few hundred jobs and no royalties to B.C. with the Enbridge project.
Short-sighted
The push for this pipeline is short-sighted and driven by special interests looking to profit, pretending to care about Canada when they only care about making money.
‘Off’ Bambi!
It’s time to throw Bambi under the SUV. Build the pipeline.