tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post6107218929755457841..comments2024-01-08T21:00:24.932-08:00Comments on The Straight Goods: Stephen Harper Assists in Environmental GenocideGrant Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-21340902937207515052012-01-30T07:20:05.579-08:002012-01-30T07:20:05.579-08:00I heard the oil leak out on Sumas Mountain in Abbo...I heard the oil leak out on Sumas Mountain in Abbotsford last week is ALOT bigger than anyone is letting on, the media aren't reporting the extent of it. They were trying to take gravel out, but were stopped because it is saturated and deep in oil. <br />It appears some of our big media has quit reporting. AGAIN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-25472141482510990962012-01-29T00:46:29.501-08:002012-01-29T00:46:29.501-08:00Thanks M...Use whatever you like..
CheersThanks M...Use whatever you like..<br /><br />CheersGrant Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-58930111962435362212012-01-28T19:39:16.571-08:002012-01-28T19:39:16.571-08:00This is such an excellent piece of work, Grant, I&...This is such an excellent piece of work, Grant, I'm going to take you up on your offer to borrow a bit of it for my own blog. And thank you. <br /><br />Q. Do you know where David Emerson fits into this evil web of corrupt corporations selling off Canadian public assets? I had heard that Emerson has joined a large Chinese corporation. Not sure if he has moved from Vancouver to China or <i>[shudder]</i> or if he finds there's no real need to move to China.<br /><br />.BC Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16597928683019021273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-91811952716263670372012-01-28T16:46:56.696-08:002012-01-28T16:46:56.696-08:00Just like to say that thecanadian.org's commen...Just like to say that thecanadian.org's comments on all things pipeline are way up! And comments are running 95% in favour of Rafe - who as you know wants no part of this gateway to hell and gone.<br /><br />These are early days and the last time I saw this kind of political response we all managed to stop the HST. <br />The neocon Canadian government can threaten all they like - this is far from over. Of course the mainstream media will spend at least 10s of millions trying to 'spin' this pipeline so people support it, and the government has said that Canadians who don't like it are 'enemies of the state'. But they got it backwards - the present government is the enemy of the people. Every time I go on 'foreign' sites I do my best to get them involved in helping us defeat this pipeline. Commondreams.org is a good place to comment and solicit help. (huge readership - recommend this site.)<br /><br /> This pipeline is the last straw, next step for BC is the same as Nigeria where they have lots of wealth flowing out and incredible pollution of their waterways, but where the locals get next to nothing. It will be the same in BC if they win.<br /><br />@Anonymous at 6:17 PM:<br />You are right about the pollution running out of the leaking Fort Mac toxic ponds and how they poison the people down stream. Just last week Chevron lost a 20 year court case, even though they picked their venue and were accused of trying to buy the verdict the natives there won 18 billion for the destruction of large tracts in Ecuador. Why don't the natives down stream in Northern Alberta sue the government and oil companies (one and the same under Harper) for billions for the destruction of their environment and health?<br />Also, all that water eventually flows into the Mackenzie river, which is the third largest watershed in the world. Would recommend reading Andrew Nikiforuks book 'Tar Sands' as it gives a good idea of the whole oily deck of cards which is about to collapse in Northern Alberta. You can get it at your library. This is crazy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-89593520703826840942012-01-28T01:48:14.764-08:002012-01-28T01:48:14.764-08:00The monied class never seem to worry about the env...The monied class never seem to worry about the environment. In fact the envirnment pays for their wealth until it is tapped out and then us humans do.<br /><br />The war is a class one and we need to recognize that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-52842351306914116612012-01-27T19:56:23.532-08:002012-01-27T19:56:23.532-08:00Harper doesn't care about the children in Chin...Harper doesn't care about the children in China any more than he cares about the children in Canada. Children in China are living in a toxic mess and children on reserves in Canada are also living in a toxic mess. In China it is the result of industrial pollution. In Canada its the result of poorly built and inadequate housing which are now full of mold.<br /><br />I don't know what Harper is thinking, but I can only conclude he thinks it will be o.k. for these children to die. They go to heaven. I can't figure out why else you would allow children to die. I don't see him sending his children to mold infested schools.<br /><br />His carrying on at international conferances about Canada's banking system is a laugh. If previous Liberal governments hadn't enacted the banking legistation they did, Canada would be in the same position as other countries.<br /><br />Harper was opposed to the Liberal banking legislation and at one point in his political career said he wanted to change them. Well he didn't get to and thank god. It has kept Canada in a better financial position but Harper should fess up. It has nothing to do with him and everything to do with previous Liberal governments. (I'm not a liberal supporter.)<br /><br />Harper took to the world stage to tell Canadians he is going to cut back on seniors' pensions. He wants to extend the age to 67 from 65. Well lets see him set an example by changing the MPs pensions. I do recall him caimpaigning at one time in his career on reforming the "gold plated pensions". I guess not, now that he is in line for one.<br /><br />Canada will not suffer any financial set backs by keeping the pension system as it is. The only reason Canada is running a deficiet is Harper keeps reducing corporate taxes and taking Canada into expensive wars which for the most part weren't any of Canada's business.<br /><br />Herr Harper has his majority. He will do as he pleases which includes but is not restricted to, putting pipelines through the north, sending oil tankers down B.C.'s coast, reducing our medical system, reducing pensions for seniors, causing illness and death of First Nations children, sending more people to prison, increasing policing costs, getting rid of the gun registry. Ontario alone complains it will cost them $1Billion more because of Harper's crime bill. The money would be better spent on seniors' pensions. Of course if seniors' are stealing to get by, I guess the prisons might work as new places to live.<br /><br />He said we wouldn't recognize Canada if he obtained a majority and he wasn't kidding. People voted for him and the chickens are coming home to roost.e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-38594789048544825112012-01-27T18:17:22.997-08:002012-01-27T18:17:22.997-08:00The toll on China will remain with or without the ...The toll on China will remain with or without the tar sands goop.<br /><br />They will satisfy their oil hnger from many other areas of this world.<br /><br />The 44 thousand people (predominantly First Nations) that live downstream of the tar pits and depend on the Athabaska River and Delta for virtually everything in their quality of life, need help in stopping the madness and insanity of the international oil companies assault on their homeland.<br /><br />This 'Harper' government must be stopped one way or another.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-22517590897101472192012-01-27T16:53:14.273-08:002012-01-27T16:53:14.273-08:00Herr Harper doesn't care who he poisons, nor h...Herr Harper doesn't care who he poisons, nor how many. He is rabid with greed and for power. He sees himself, as the leader of a, Thousand Year Reich, or the Global Governance, which he wants for Canada. He even gave a speech on that subject. Harper is an absolute fanatic, as dictators usually are.<br /><br />Other country's are also complaining, of China's pollution drifting into their country's. And yes, Harper is stupid enough to pollute China even more than, that country is already.<br /><br /><br />As usual, Harper managed to piss off everyone in Davos. He was dictating and lording it over the other country's leaders, how they were less intelligent than he was, and they must do as he tells them, to survive. <br /><br />Harper avais trying to take the credit, for Canada's good standing in the recession. Thank the Lord, a previous P.M. saved Canada, before Harper got his dirty hands on this Nation. <br /><br />Since Harper's majority, Canada has been sliding steadily backwards. I don't know how in the hell anyone, will ever be able to, clean up Harper's mess.<br /><br />He has said, Enbridge will go through. We say, it will not. Harper is insane, to string a pipeline through BC. However, dictators usually do, have bats in the belfry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com