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FRIDAY, March 2, 2012
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NEW AIYANSH – Sgt. Donovan Tait, Lisims/Nass Valley RCMP detachment commander, participated in Hobiyee as a drummer with the Gitlaxt’aamiks Ceremonial Dancers during the grand entrance with elders and chiefs that opened the celebration Feb. 24. Above, Tait wore traditional Nisga’a regalia, made for him by community members, as part of the Grizzly Bear clan. With him is Kenna Tait, 3, from the Frog Clan. RCMP members and staff, spouses and children were also invited to take part in the celebrations.
Rupert council joins anti-pipeline crowd By Alan S. Hale THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR
PRINCE RUPERT - The Prince Rupert city council voted unanimously on Monday night to formally oppose the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline, making it the third northern BC local government to do so over the past few weeks. The council has adopted the same resolution that the Skeena Queen Charlotte Regional District (SQCRD) did over a week ago: “Therefore, be it resolved that the City of Prince Rupert be opposed to any expansion of bulk crude oil tanker traffic as well as bitumen export in Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound in British Columbia. “And be it further resolved
that the City of Prince Rupert petition the federal government to establish a legislated ban on bulk crude oil tanker traffic and bitumen export through the Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound in British Columbia.” The public gallery was packed with people who had come out to support anti-pipeline presenters for the council’s Committee of the Whole – a special meeting in which people are allowed to raise issues with or asks questions directly to council. The Prince Rupert Environmental Society asked the city council to adopt the resolution. “The reason we’re here is to ask our council to pass a resolution opposing Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline,” said Ian Dobson, from the environmental
society. Up until now, Prince Rupert has remained carefully neutral on the subject of the pipeline. In a written submission to the Joint Review Panel which examining the controversial project, the city steered well clear of opposing the project directly, but rather focused on the importance of a clean environment to Prince Rupert’s economy and people. That neutrality came to an end last night when councillor Jennifer Rice said it was time for the city to take a clear position. The Enbridge Joint Review Panel, she argued, has already been asking the city for their opinion on the pipeline anyway. “A lot of other municipalities have been weighing the pros and cons of taking a neutral stance versus actually taking a posi-
tion. I think since they are soliciting for our input, we should take a formal position and we should adopt the resolution that was passed by our neighbours at the SQCRD,” Councilor Rice said to her fellow council members. She found very little disagreement from her colleagues. “Right now, when I look at that particular project, I really believe that the City of Prince Rupert is not really getting anything out of it, and I think the risks very much outweigh the benefits that are coming forward,” said Councillor Anna Ashley after declaring that she would be voting in favour of Rice’s motion. Ashley also said she was philosophically opposed to the idea of exporting unprocessed bitumen to Asia along with all the jobs that could result.
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