Stephen Harper is Attempting to Sell Canada a Pipeline Greased by Snake-Oil!(Stephen Harper`s Been Compromised by Big Oil)

The below story is courtesy of Robyn Allan, an economist who will be submitting her report tn the Enbridge hearing` later this year, Robyn is opposed to this project on many levels, particularly on the huge environmental risks BC takes, but Robyn Allan didn`t approach her report on that basis, she has conducted fascinating research that shows many things, number 1 being...The permanent job numbers for BC are under 200 employees while risking 10,000`s of jobs...And the most disturbing finding in Robyn Allan`s report is....Enbridge northern pipeline will increase the cost to Canadian/North American consumers year after year, she calls it "Canadian Oil Shock"....Gasoline prices will rise, materials purchased will rise, transportation costs will rise and with Canadian households drowning in debt consumers will make choices, meaning Enbridge`s numbers, the Harper Government numbers are bogus, Stephen Harper is looking only at finite big oil numbers without counting all the job losses brought on by consumer pull-back, in other words Big Oil will reap $billions in new dollars, Canadian consumers will be out these $billions of dollars resulting in domestic spending falling and hurting all other industries, there will be layoffs galore, less consumer money/spending means job losses, one merely look at the results of Gordon Campbell and Stephen Harper`s HST on the economy, British Columbia and Ontario, the 2 basket-cases of Canada, prices rose, consumers pulled back and job losses numbered in the 10`s of 1000`s....Remember what happened when big oil spiked to $150 per barrel?..I do, imagine those European gas prices, are you ready for $2.00 to $3.00 dollar per litre fuel...Enbridge is, so is Stephen Harper, in fact Harper is counting on it...


I`ve got Robyn Allan`s hard-copy report  here ....Apparently she`s rocked the entire process on its ass, when Canadians realize that Harper and Big Oil are colluding to rob $billions per year from Canadians, all for more corporate profits, while harming the Canadian economy as a whole, while acting treasonous towards both Canada`s long term energy future and Treasonous towards British Columbia environment and domestic economy..


Stephen Harper should be arrested for treason against Canada and British Columbia .....Robyn Allan asserts that Enbridge has double and triple counted their numbers while ignoring the oil price shock and its affect it will have on the Canadian economy...The bottom line is....Stephen Harper and his Conservative Government are prepared to destroy the Canadian environment and committed to harming all other aspects of Canadian economy for the sake of his big oil buddies....
Check out the CKNW audio vault here, cue-up 1:00 pm/February 2...Simi Sara interviews Robyn Allan at 1:00 pm

And for those not paying attention, it was the research done here at The Straight Goods that made the connection that the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline would costs BCer`s $700 million per year and cost Canadians $7.5 billion dollars per year, it appears that my numbers were on the low-side....

Once everyone realizes how Stephen Harper plans on destroying Canada, destroying our economy while leaving us more dependent on Asia and even more reliant on imported oil from foreign sources...Stephen Harper has been compromised by the Chinese Government and big oil...

Someone issue an arrest warrant...

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Robyn Allan

"CALGARY — A new report says the Northern Gateway pipeline will boost crude oil prices $2 to $3 per barrel annually over the next 30 years, causing significant damage to consumers, businesses and the Canadian economy.
The economic assessment of the $5.5-billion project by former Insurance Corporation of British Columbia CEO Robyn Allan says the price shock will have "a negative and prolonged impact on the Canadian economy by reducing output, employment labour income and government revenues."
Allan, an economist who researched the impact of the pipeline proposal out of curiosity, says it has been touted by proponents as a nation-building enterprise, but it really represents a "serious economic risk" to the Canadian economy.
"The emperor has no clothes," Allan said in an interview. "We're told it is a gross producing economic opportunity, but in fact it's an oil price shock to the economy."
Allan said when the price of oil goes up, that means Canadian consumers and businesses will pay more for anything produced by that oil. That will result in inflation, business being down-sized and employees being laid off,"......


"Allan said Enbridge has exaggerated the benefits of the pipeline and downplayed the economic impact of price shock on Canadian refineries and businesses and consumers.
"They used the wrong model to answer the question of what will happen to the economy when Northern Gateway is successful in raising oil prices," she said.
Allan, named as by the Financial Post as one of Canada's top 200 CEOs, said she wanted to present her information to the hearing panel and question Enbridge on its model, but was denied intervener status.
The 145,000-member Alberta Federation of Labour included her report in its submission to the panel this week.
AFL president Gil McGowan called the report "a game-changer" and a wake-up call to those who have been seduced by the public relations campaigns of the oil companies.
He said Allan's report suggests the promises of economic growth and job creation "are nothing more than a mirage."
"Once Albertans and Canadian read Robyn's report and realize they are being sold a bill of goods by proponents of the pipeline, I think they will first get angry and then second, start asking some serious questions," he said. "What Robyn's report shows is that if this pipeline is built, the public interest will be undermined — not enhanced— in terms of broad economic growth and job creation......"

Read more here

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And for those who missed my post on the horrendous cost to Canada and British Columbia if the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline ever went through,........ fill your boots......Hello big media, do you ever get tired of being so far behind the real investigative journalists, vindicated again..Cheers

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Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Will Cost BC Drivers $700 million Every Single Year

 

 

 

Here is the latest weather forecast for Hecate Strait on the Northern West Coast, cut n pasted from Environment Canada.

 

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Marine Forecast

Winds

Issued 10:30 AM PST 03 January 2012

Today Tonight and Wednesday Hurricane force wind warning in effect.
Wind southeast 45 to 55 knots diminishing to 25 to 35 near noon then increasing to 35 to 45 early this evening. Wind increasing to south 55 to 65 late this evening then diminishing to 35 to 45 before Wednesday morning. Wind diminishing to south 25 to 35 early Wednesday morning then veering to southwest 30 to 40 Wednesday afternoon.

Waves

Issued 04:00 AM PST 03 January 2012

Today Tonight and Wednesday Seas 2 to 3 metres building to 3 to 4 early this morning and to 5 to 7 late this morning. Seas building to 7 to 10 after midnight.(That would be 34 foot high waves)

Extended Forecast

Issued 04:00 AM PST 03 January 2012

Thursday Wind southwest 30 to 40 knots diminishing to northwest 25 in the afternoon.

Friday Wind southeast 35 to 45 knots diminishing to southwest 20 late in the day.

Saturday Wind south 25 knots increasing to southeast 45.

Weather & Visibility

Issued 10:30 AM PST 03 January 2012

Today Tonight and Wednesday Rain at times heavy.

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The above weather forecast was cut n pasted from Weather Canada

Hurricane force winds again, every month there are hurricane force winds on our northern coast, with 1 to 2 oil tankers per day, they will pile up, big ships 4 times the length of a football field, these vessels under pressure would indeed travel in this weather, they would also wreck on our coast and destroy it for centuries, not if a spill happens but when, Enbridge can`t guarantee anything, their own records prove out that fact!!!!!!....The fact that Enbridge has had 804 major pipeline spills in the last 10 years, they average nearly 100 major pipeline ruptures per year..FACT, FACT, FACT.....
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Spills and violations

Using data from Enbridge's own reports, the Polaris Institute calculated that 804 spills occurred on Enbridge pipelines between 1999 and 2010. These spills released approximately 168,645 barrels (26,812.4 m³) of hydrocarbons into the environment.^[8]
On July 4, 2002 an Enbridge pipeline ruptured in a marsh near the town of Cohasset, Minnesota in Itasca County, spilling 6,000 barrels (950 m³) of crude oil. In an attempt to keep the oil from contaminating the Mississippi River, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources set a controlled burn that lasted for 1 day and created a smoke plume about 1-mile (1.6 km) high and 5 miles (8.0 km) long.^[9]
In 2006, there were 67 reportable spills totaling 5,663 barrels (900.3 m³) on Enbridge's energy and transportation and distribution system; in 2007, there were 65 reportable spills totaling 13,777 barrels (2,190.4 m³) ^[10]
On March 18, 2006, approximately 613 barrels (97.5 m³) of crude oil were released when a pump failed at Enbridge's Willmar terminal in Saskatchewan.^[11] According to Enbridge, roughly half the oil was recovered, the remainder contributing to 'off-site' impacts.
On January 1, 2007 an Enbridge pipeline that runs from Superior, Wisconsin to near Whitewater, Wisconsin cracked open and spilled ~50,000 US gallons (190 m³) of crude oil onto farmland and into a drainage ditch.^[12] The same pipeline was struck by construction crews on February 2, 2007, in Rusk County, Wisconsin, spilling ~126,000 US gallons (480 m³) of crude. Some of the oil filled a hole more than 20 feet (6.1 m) deep and was reported to have contaminated the local water table.^[13]
In April 2007, roughly 6,227 barrels (990.0 m³) of crude oil spilled into a field downstream of an Enbridge pumping station near Glenavon, Saskatchewan. Long-term site remediation is being attempted to bring the site to "as close as possible to its original condition".^[11]
In 2009, Enbridge Energy Partners, a US affiliate of Enbridge Inc., agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a lawsuit brought against the company by the state of Wisconsin for 545 environmental violations.^[14][15] The violations were incurred while building portions of the company's Southern Access pipeline, a ~$2.1 billion project to transport crude from the oil sands region in Alberta to Chicago. In a news release from Wisconsin's Department of Justice, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said "...the incidents of violation were numerous and widespread, and resulted in impacts to the streams and wetlands throughout the various watersheds."
In January 2009 an Enbridge pipeline leaked about 4,000 barrels (640 m³) of oil southeast of Fort McMurray at the company's Cheecham Terminal tank farm. It was reported in the Edmonton Journal³), sprayed into the air and coated nearby snow and trees.^[16] that most of the spilled oil was contained within berms, but that about 1% of the oil, about 40 barrels (6.4 m
April 2010 an Enbridge pipeline ruptured spilling more than 1500 litres of oil in Virden, Manitoba, which leaked into the Boghill Creek which eventually connects to the Assiniboine River.^[17]
July 2010, a leaking pipeline spilled an estimated 843,444 US gallons (3,192.78 m³) of crude oil into Talmadge Creek leading to the Kalamazoo River in southwest Michigan on Monday, July 26.^[18][19]
On September 9, 2010, a rupture on Enbridge's Line 6A pipeline near Romeoville, Illinois released an estimate 6,100 barrels (970 m³) of oil into the surrounding area.<sup>[

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Well guess what, a shocking revelation has come to light,a couple of weeks ago a report from the University of Alberta was released, a report that made a very honest representation of the financial numbers, the University of Alberta report stated,...That the Alberta oil producers would be the big winner with an Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, to the tune of $billions per pear, the report also stated that the Province of British Columbia would receive the least benefit ($131 million dollars in royalties over the life of the project)...Ontario would receive roughly $400 million dollars while Alberta would receive almost all the money, $10`s of billions per year....British Columbia would take ALL of the risk, the pipeline would have to cross 1200 rivers and streams in BC land, plus the inevitable oil tanker wreck on the BC Hurricane force wind-filled northern coast, BC would take all that risk for for $14 million dollars per year, the BP gulf of Mexico spill has cost over $40 billion to partially clean up..




Now perhaps you might be wondering what the "latest shocking revelation" is.....Here`s the deal, Alberta Tar Sand whores want the Northern Enbridge pipeline for one main reason.....That reason is....To get a higher price for their oil!!....That higher price is the Brent Crude price, Brent Crude averages 10% to 15% more the WTI North American price.....Here are the quotes from different sources.
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EDMONTON — Oil producers could lose $72 billion over a nine-year-period if a pipeline to carry Alberta bitumen to the West Coast isn’t built, a new report for the Alberta government says as community hearings for the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway project are about to begin this month in British Columbia.


In a 44-page report submitted before Christmas to the federal government panel reviewing the pipeline project, consultants for Alberta Energy peg potential losses for oil producers in the project at $8 billion every year between 2017 and 2025.


The forecast, drawn up by Houston-based consultant Harold York for the firm Wood Mackenzie, is largely based on the expectation that Alberta oil sells at a higher price on an international market than it does in North America.

“If we can get it offshore, there are a lot more markets available to us which are willing to pay a higher price,” Alberta Energy spokesman Tim Markle said.

Read more: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Alta+producers+lose+billions+Northern+Gateway+pipeline+built/5937894/story.html#ixzz1iQt7IUnc

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Enbridge`s "Stanway added that the proposal has a strong economic case to make, starting with an estimated $2.4-billion-per-year increase in revenue to Canada's oil industry through higher prices producers would be able to generate from selling into wider markets.




"The real driving force behind Northern Gateway is the strategic argument for Canada having access to world markets for its most valuable export product," Stanway said.

Read more: http://www.canada.com/news/Public+hearings+Enbridge+Northern+Gateway+pipeline+begin/5932933/story.html#ixzz1iQwZGhHh

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So there you have it, we have an Alberta University submitting a report that shows BC receiving a mere $131 million dollars over the life of the project, couple that with increased prices at the pump, we have seen this picture before, the HST, a yearly $2 billion dollar tax shift from corporations on to consumers back, a huge benefit to big corporations, $2 billion dollars out of BC consumers pockets directly into corporate profits, we were promised lower prices and jobs, but what we got was higher prices and thousands of lost jobs, the exact same scenario will happen with the Enbridge northern pipeline, as soon as they start selling Alberta crude on the international market they will be charging the brent crude price, our fuels prices will rise by 10% to  20% almost immediately.....Remember when oil surged to $150 dollars per barrel in 2009, our pump price was $1.50 plus per litre, no breaks for Canadians, we were subject to full pricing, pricing higher than what the Americans paid...

The Northern Enbridge pipeline will see BC drivers paying an additional $600 million dollars plus per year, Canadians as a whole will pay roughly $7 billion dollars more per year....

Think about it, which route would more and more Tar sand oil travel, south for a $100 dollars a barrel or west for $115 dollars a barrel?...Exactly, which oil company would settle for the lower price? Eventually all the Tar Sand bitumen will rise to the Brent crude price....How does $1.70 to $2.00 a litre sound?

Here, let me describe the sound...Kaching, Kaching!

So here`s the deal, the Enbridge Northern pipeline, Enbridge who have had 1000 pipeline spills in the last decade, including a savage spill of 844,000 gallons of crude oil into the Kalamazoo river last year, Enbridge wants their pipeline to cross 1200 rivers and streams in BC on its way to Kitimat where giant Supertankers 4 times longer than a football field will have to travel the roughest, windiest coastline in the world, a coastline where hurricane force winds blow almost weekly!!!...Including this week!....

And for all of this risk, for tempting fate,  waiting for the inevitable spill, for a cost of $700 million dollars per year to B.C. drivers, just what is our benefit?

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The University of Calgary's School of Public Policy issued an analysis Thursday concluding that with expanded pipeline access to U.S. and Asian markets, Canada's gross domestic product would jump $132 billion in 2010 dollars between 2016 and 2030, generating $27 billion in federal, provincial and municipal taxes and 649,000 person-years of employment.

But the study also shows that the overwhelming economic benefit of pipeline expansion to B.C. goes to Alberta.

The opening of the Asian market would trigger $10.5 billion in gains and 52,000 person-years of employment in Canada, but almost $10 billion of that wealth and 44,000 person-years go to Alberta.

Ontario would get $286 million and 4,000 person-years, while B.C. would enjoy $131 million and 2,000 person-years.


The study also "suggests" that B.C. would gain an additional $85 million in GDP and another 1,000 person-years due to increased exports to California if pipelines are built to the West Coast.

Read more: http://www.canada.com/business/decision+pipeline+will+signal+world+Alberta+premier+says/5867912/story.html#ixzz1gsTYLF5a

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British Columbia would receive a mere $131 million .....SHOCKING, Enbridge, the ALBERTA Government, the Federal Government wants B.C. to risk everything, our last 89 Orca, our wild salmon, kelp forests, our pristine northern coastline for a staggering $131 million dollars, or if you like, $14.3 million dollars per year, not enough money over 16 years to pay for a quarter of a new BC Place roof!

Alberta Government, Enbridge and Stephen Harper want BC and Canadian drivers to pay $billions of dollars more each and every single year all in the name of funneling more largesse to Big oil Vampires, ..

Do the math people, $700 million per year in higher fuel prices over 15 years comes to...


$10.5 billion dollars in extra costs to BC drivers and.....A staggering $105 Billion dollars more in cost to Canadian drivers as a whole!

 Brent crude,current price over $113 dollars per barrel

 North American/Current Canadian price..$100 dollars per barrel.


A 10% plus difference in price, do the math people, BCers and Canadians are being led to the gas pump slaughterhouse.

Below are the stats Canada figures for fuel consumption by Province, as you will see, British Columbia drivers bought 5 billion litres of fuel in 2010....At an average cost of even $1 dollar per litre, B.C. drivers spent well over $5 billion dollars on fuel, raise the price of crude oil to the international brent crude price and even if Alberta oil rises by 10% ...Even at 10% the cost to BC Drivers per year will be roughly $700 million dollars every single year....

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Sales of fuel used for road motor vehicles, by province and territory (Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut)

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
	thousand litres
Canada
Net sales of gasoline	38,653,955	39,635,182	39,148,560	39,708,461	40,558,727
Gross sales of gasoline	39,918,335	40,848,495	40,496,036	41,028,454	41,885,365
Net sales of diesel oil	16,611,819	17,133,467	16,555,321	16,188,394	16,701,960
Alta.
Net sales of gasoline	5,139,600	5,298,000	5,317,300	5,350,400	5,410,900
Gross sales of gasoline	5,368,100	5,536,200	5,608,400	5,569,300	5,618,300
Net sales of diesel oil	3,373,400	3,580,000	3,488,800	3,632,700	3,629,600
B.C.
Net sales of gasoline	4,524,469	4,554,406	4,467,255	4,536,112	4,760,666
Gross sales of gasoline	4,719,356	4,749,604	4,619,653	4,646,008	4,915,626
Net sales of diesel oil	1,721,635	1,796,611	1,714,031	1,647,876	1,838,578
Y.T.
Net sales of gasoline	61,536	60,741	62,797	67,053	70,133
Gross sales of gasoline	63,839	62,816	64,950	69,738	71,502
Net sales of diesel oil	43,137	43,789	46,827	50,197	54,828
N.W.T.
Net sales of gasoline	37,250	38,855	37,312	38,149	42,959
Gross sales of gasoline	46,724	47,898	46,939	47,289	49,706
Net sales of diesel oil	113,045	162,327	112,391	86,013	65,588
Nvt.
Net sales of gasoline	12,016	17,179	17,687	22,992	12,291
Gross sales of gasoline	12,016	17,179	17,687	22,991	12,291
Net sales of diesel oil	5,188	6,360	5,966	5,248	7,541
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So there you have it, The Straight Goods on the NOT-Going to Happen Northern Enbridge pipeline, Enbridge`s pipeline will give the B.C. Government $131 million dollars over 15 years, it will risk BC,s pristine coastline, risk rivers and streams, risk wild salmon, for this $131 million dollars all it will cost BC drivers is $10.5 billion dollars and cost Canadian drivers $105 Billion dollars over the life of the project..,,,,..................................................................... The Straight Goods Cheers Eyes Wide Open