In his televised speech, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asserted federal authority and national interest to proceed with the Kinder Morgan expansion.
I assert the right of Earth's citizens to an unpolluted sea and international interest. This dirty bitumen sinks. All the king's horses and all the king's men can't clean a spill from the bottom of the sea and one will happen.
Bitumen, with its toxic mix of solvent, should never cross waterways. Refine it inAlberta(best) or ship it to theGulf of Mexicovia Keytstone XL. A spill on land is not desirable, but it can be cleaned up.
Trudeau offers expansion to tar sands companies without a corresponding requirement of them to lower their carbon footprint.
Why not: "OK we will allow you to increase production, but only if you meet your share of the Paris Accords. Produce your steam using safe nuclear power or find another environmentally-friendly way to generate steam. Then and only then will you be allowed to expand production."
Donald Fraser
Prince George
