tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post1503281586974660767..comments2024-01-08T21:00:24.932-08:00Comments on The Straight Goods: Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Will Cost BC Drivers $700 million Every Single YearGrant Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-9720673932174328632012-01-13T13:22:59.980-08:002012-01-13T13:22:59.980-08:00You make a great case, and I couldn't have fou...You make a great case, and I couldn't have found as much information through endless google searches. You say that the price of gas increases in terms of a bad deal for car drivers. I'd add that the largest cost would be to agriculture and food costs as the production of food crops is highly dependent upon fuel. Additionally, so is our transportation of goods via trucks and through huge distances. So, overall, the increase will be felt in the cost of living. There will be no gains.sailsmarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06844788285188698179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-7962602549152251992012-01-08T11:46:38.390-08:002012-01-08T11:46:38.390-08:00That is so true one tax goes up, so does everythin...That is so true one tax goes up, so does everything else. The HST is a death sentence for BC, the HST has a very long arm. There are very few goods in BC, that escapes the HST. This will cost the Campbell/Clark BC Liberals, the next election. Christy has attack ads on Dix. This is really foolish of Christy. Dix is a Sunday school teacher, compared to Christy's screw-ups, lies and deceit.<br /><br />Revenues are way down, everyone who can shops over the border, and can save up to 50% by doing so. Same with gasoline, far, far cheaper in the U.S. Canadians spend billions in the U.S. It just doesn't make any sense to me. Obama said on TV, please Canadians keep on shopping over here. Harper just stood there and looked incredibly stupid. He didn't say one word. Harper was called a fool by Obama.<br /><br />With ICBC rates up, health care cost raised, heat and hydro has gone up, food costs have sharply gone up, gasoline through the roof. Christy's family's first, are in a hell of a lot of trouble.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-6035172998319919542012-01-07T21:25:29.870-08:002012-01-07T21:25:29.870-08:00Actually they don`t, you can add $hundreds of mill...Actually they don`t, you can add $hundreds of millions more in indirect costs..<br /><br />You are wise friend.<br /><br /><br />Good DayGrant Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-70249884454665788842012-01-07T10:45:02.195-08:002012-01-07T10:45:02.195-08:00My mistake about the article getting crunched up. ...My mistake about the article getting crunched up. Came back today and everything looks fine. Sorry, could have been the 'fit to page' feature in my browser.<br />Great article. By the way I wouldn't take the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy numbers too seriously - their site is pretty hard right wing. Read an article their site links to about lowering pensions of government workers, but not a word about lowering politicians' pensions. It was linked to the National Post, which is as right wing as they come. So I wouldn't put it past them to glue feathers on the Enbridge deal and sell as a big fat goose what is actually a skinny diseased chicken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-20315496847906797202012-01-06T14:26:02.471-08:002012-01-06T14:26:02.471-08:00"The Prime Minister was also asked about a pr..."The Prime Minister was also asked about a proposal by Alberta Premier Alison Redford to create a national energy strategy that would pull together Alberta's oil sands, the hydro power of British Columbia, offshore oil in the Atlantic and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty's green-energy agenda. <br /><br />Mr. Harper said he has been broached by Ms. Redford about the idea and is anticipating a meeting in the near future with Alberta and with several other provinces to get more details. <br /><br />“The approach of the federal government for some years has been to have an energy sector that is primarily driven by market demand,” the Prime Minister said. “That policy I think generally has served this part of the country and served the country as a whole quite well.” <br /><br /><br />This really does not sound good. From:<br /><br /><br />http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/foreign-money-could-gum-up-pipeline-approval-harper-warns/article2294309/Hughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-13136060094745516112012-01-06T14:14:54.415-08:002012-01-06T14:14:54.415-08:00I was absolutely outraged by that lying s.o.b. fro...I was absolutely outraged by that lying s.o.b. from Enbridge. The BC people do not want that filthy crap of the tar oil, anywhere near our province.<br /><br />Harper and Campbell have financially destroyed BC. All we have left of BC, is our wild life, our marine life, and the breathtaking beauty of our province. <br /><br />Movie stars, hockey stars, are astonished that Harper, the Campbell/Clark BC Liberals, and Enbridge would willingly pollute this province into a wasteland. They too are horrified by, the run of the rivers destroying salmon and steelhead fish. The terrible mess of flora and fauna, created by the dams.<br /><br />Robert Redford said he was taken aback, as to why anyone would destroy a province so beautiful, and a national treasure. That BC is a jewel. That we have something rare, that no-one else has. <br /><br />Well the answer is, "HARPER'S greed", the Campbell/Clark BC Liberals "Greed". Then we have Enbridge and their "Lying and Greed". Alberta and their "GREED". I wonder how the people of Alberta, would take it, if it was Banff or Jasper National parks, that would have their lakes and rivers poisoned with oil? Those parks are pristine too. Most of the lakes there, don't even allow boats with motors. They don't want any motor oil leaks into their, "pristine" clean lakes. I lived there, so I know. Nor would you ever dare do any harm, to THEIR wildlife. Anyone caught doing so, would get a very hefty fine and likely jail time too.<br /><br />However, our beautiful pristine beauty of BC, our Orca, Humpback Whales, and our marine life, and indeed all our wildlife, is perfectly fine with them to destroy.<br /><br />Harper went as far as, giving false statements to Europe. They could not get, any degree of honesty out of Harper. Harper has been lying and covering up, about the toxicity of the dirty oil and the impact the dirty crud plays on global warming. <br /><br />Harper's bullying other country's to accept the dirty tar oil, in Durban, did not go over too well.<br /><br />This will be the cause of, extreme civil disobedience in BC. The BC people have, SO HAD ENOUGH of Harper, the Campbell/Clark BC Liberals, Alberta, and Enbridges evil greed. There will be a fight, to the last ditch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-30446349909681765062012-01-06T11:43:06.617-08:002012-01-06T11:43:06.617-08:00News Release
A collision between a pair of deep se...News Release<br />A collision between a pair of deep sea freighters on the Fraser River in Surrey is being investigated by the Transportation Safety Board.<br /><br />The TSB's Glenn Budden says the crash occurred Wednesday afternoon at the Fraser Surrey Docks. One of the 500 foot long ships rammed the other's stern while docking.<br />Both are damaged, "I think the bulbous bow was breached. It's a watertight bulkhead, so the hull itself wasn't breached, but the bulbous bow was."<br />Nobody was hurt.<br />One ship is registered in Panama, the other in Singapore.<br /> <br />And these ships haven't even gotten to the open ocean yet. I don't know what was on them, but can you imagine if it were oil? And judging by where they're registerd, who'd pay for the clean up? Those countries? Or us? Seems BP has given up cleaning up, the US taxpayers are (through federal agencies) are paying the cleanup now.<br />NO, to the Pipeline. It is not worth it to Canadians as a whole. Forget the multi-n's, forget the politicians. NO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-33571265770145861622012-01-06T11:11:13.978-08:002012-01-06T11:11:13.978-08:00It appears alright to me...I`m out of town and...
...It appears alright to me...I`m out of town and...<br /><br />I actually posted this column from the library.<br /><br />I`ll check it again when I`m back home.<br /><br /><br />No other complaints so far, sometimes when I cut n paste problems occur..<br /><br /><br />Talk to ya later, gotta a ferry to catch..Grant Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-71850587566395359372012-01-06T11:05:13.921-08:002012-01-06T11:05:13.921-08:00Don't know if it's just my browser (Opera)...Don't know if it's just my browser (Opera), but the bottom part of your article got all squeezed up to about only 1 inch on the left side of the screen. No other articles here, just this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-10839434307066076882012-01-06T01:09:50.629-08:002012-01-06T01:09:50.629-08:00Now why didn't the Vancouver Sun publish any o...Now why didn't the Vancouver Sun publish any of this information instead of their report on what a "sucess" story Embridge is? <br />Then we have Global reporting this evening people aren't as opposed to the pipeline as we think. I don't know where IPSOS was doing their polling but most likely not along the coast line. As a resident of Vancouver Island I am very concerned about the oil tankers going down the coast. yes, that is why they are building the pipeline, to get oil to the coast.<br /><br />The oil tankers sinking in the waters off of the B.C. coast will happen in the first yr. if they are permitted to do this. Those tankers will be foreign owned and they will not be in great condition, the crews will not be familiar with these waters and we won't be able to sue for damages to our enviornment. Of course there will be lots of jobs cleaning up the oil spills, but they will most likely bring in foreign workers for that also.<br /><br />Great Article!e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-10535538285841304812012-01-05T20:38:49.862-08:002012-01-05T20:38:49.862-08:00Public Notice
To any and all present and/or futur...Public Notice<br /><br />To any and all present and/or future man or woman acting in any capacity as a Minister of the Province of British Columbia and/or Canada and including any man or woman acting as a public servant that allows for any new oil tanker traffic along the coast of the geographical area of British Columbia will be held privately responsible for any and all environmental damage caused by said traffic. Conduct yourselves accordingly. This Public Notice can and will be acted upon by any private man or woman to recover any and all damages.<br /><br />By the wish of the sovereign private<br />man Rick: Witalarickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16803529574376037942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-16363414783432559502012-01-05T18:45:38.943-08:002012-01-05T18:45:38.943-08:00I see your calculus does not include spillage from...I see your calculus does not include spillage from shoddy materials and poor craftsmanship.<br /><br />http://journalstar.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/mike-klink-keystone-xl-pipeline-not-safe/article_4b713d36-42fc-5065-a370-f7b371cb1ece.html?mode=storyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-65727589572839666142012-01-05T15:46:31.035-08:002012-01-05T15:46:31.035-08:00@ Anonymous 2:11pm...Carbon taxes were proven a fa...@ Anonymous 2:11pm...Carbon taxes were proven a failure in BC..<br /><br />Higher prices only punish consumers and choke economies..<br /><br />Until the alternatives are here...<br /><br />Nice try though!Grant Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-17628400582738769682012-01-05T14:43:27.834-08:002012-01-05T14:43:27.834-08:00Thank you friends, Enbridge are acting like gangst...Thank you friends, Enbridge are acting like gangsters, here is a very interesting link on how the Keystone pipeline is a huge danger too...<br /><br /><br />http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/03<br /><br /><br />Let me be clear, Asia will not buy higher priced oil from Canada while the Americans get a different price, the world market...<br /><br />Oil prices will rise to the bent crude price, this global move by Harper and Alberta will cost us $billions, cost Canada over $100 billion, it will cost our American neighbors $1 trillion dollars...<br /><br />And, it will keep the Corporate/Wall Street/ driven economic collapse going, less money in consumer`s hands will cost countless jobs in North America..<br /><br />Big oil vampires and Stephen Harper could care less...<br /><br />Well Enbridge, you bastards have been crawling all over my site, please explain how the brent crude world price won`t jack up domestic rates...Grant Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-90265401781480967892012-01-05T14:11:16.905-08:002012-01-05T14:11:16.905-08:00lol - so the pipeline actually drives up price, wh...lol - so the pipeline actually drives up price, which is something the enviros deeply desire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-65038610165221767422012-01-05T12:36:21.293-08:002012-01-05T12:36:21.293-08:00Another well written and researched article Grant....Another well written and researched article Grant. Thank you for taking the time to do the research and putting it all together so the average person can be made aware of the corruption that not only exists in British Columbian politics, but also the same level (or worse) within the Federal Conservative government.<br /><br />I guess there are no standards for corporate pigs (Albertan, Enbridge et al) at the public trough - where they all get fat and ugly at the expense of the average tax payer.<br /><br />T'is time for the people to stand up and be counted sir!!!<br /><br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-30403446500506869742012-01-05T12:32:21.813-08:002012-01-05T12:32:21.813-08:00Chinese state-owned oil companies are buying up bi...Chinese state-owned oil companies are buying up bits of the tar-sands:<br /><br />http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/chinas-oil-sands-deal-will-have-lasting-impact/article2292009/Hughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-7411901444918457222012-01-05T11:51:52.945-08:002012-01-05T11:51:52.945-08:00http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/pag...http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page68?oid=63454&sn=DetailAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com