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CAMERON ORR / THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR
KITIMAT - It was all smiles June 17 when Haisla chief councillor Ellis Ross greeted Premier Christy Clark on the old hospital property. The occasion was the official sale of the former hospital lands by the province to the Haisla for future development. The sale continues work by the Haisla to become a significant economic force in the region.
Pipeline approval draws northwest heat By Anna Killen, Tom Fletcher, Cameron Orr, Josh Massey, Shaun Thomas THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR
TERRACE - The federal government’s June 17 approval of the Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipeline plan, provided 209 conditions set down by the Joint Review Panel late last year are met, has been greeted with opposition from northwestern B.C. political leaders. Aboriginal opponents in the North Coast region include the Haida, Gitgaat, Gitxaala, Heiltsuk, Lax Kw’alaams, Metlakatla and Haisla First Nations. Haisla Chief Councillor Ellis Ross said it is too late for more consultations. “Every mistake they’ve made
we actually pointed out to them and said ‘this is not following our case law principles, you’re making a mistake’,” Ross said after the announcement was made. Kitimat Mayor Joanne Monaghan said her council has made its opposition clear after an April community vote that came down opposed to the project. “I think most of the councillors are of the opinion that they really don’t want to see bitumen going down the channel,” Monaghan said. “They would rather have it refined and have a product that’s refined going down the channel.” The Northern Gateway plan, nearly 10 years in the making, would see a 1,100 km twin set of pipelines built from Alberta to a marine terminal at Kitimat.
The main pipeline would pump diluted oil to the coast for export while a second pipeline would pump a diluting agent called condensate from Kitimat to Alberta. That’s to make the oil flow more smoothly through the export pipeline. From Kitimat, tankers would take the oil to Asian refineries. The decision by the federal government will allow the National Energy Board to issue the Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity. “After carefully reviewing the report, the Government accepts the independent Panel’s recommendation to impose 209 conditions on Northern Gateway Pipelines’ proposal,” said Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford in a news release.
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Terrace mayor Dave Pernarowski said the now approved Northern Gateway pipeline project threatens the environment and the way of life in the north. He doesn’t believe the federal government’s decision is the final say on the matter. “It wasn’t surprising given the previous decision by the joint review panel, however I don’t think the federal government’s approval at this point in any way finalizes this issue. I think they are still up against a lot of opposition in British Columbia,” said Pernarowski. “I think our community continues to strongly oppose a project like this that could have harmful impacts to our environment and to our way of life in northern British Columbia.” See Leaders Page 3
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