Poor sheeple, believing they have a say in this democracy. When will they learn? it is the corporations that set the agenda and the taxation structure. It is the rank and file voters fooled into doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. Keep voting the traditional party lines boyo, but don't kid yourself into thinking that this time it will be different.

This is a done deal just like the HST and no matter how loud mr/miss voter squeal, this is going to happen as the enbridge corporation has laid it out.

Our only hope is to have a recall across the board on all elected provincial officials. Make them earn their job, pensions and our trust back.

Definitely vote, for gosh sake, DO NOT VOTE LIEBERAL/NDP/CONSERVATIVE. It would be a shame if the next election is another victory for apathy. That is why we hare where we are at, voter apathy or simply very little other choice than the devil one knows. I would rather seek a rank amateur than a skilled politician. At least it would take them a while to build that back room nest egg.

Actually Ignatieff has stated that under Liberal power, there would be no northern oil tanker traffic. Your choice is clear.

Ignatieff the yank. There are already lots of tankers on the coast. I see not so much pipelines as exporting are oi, same as rew logs.

If the federal and provincial governments support this pipeline,and I suspect they do,it will be done.
And it is pretty damn naive of us to think otherwise!
In order to be seen as being in support of what the majority of people want,they will say one thing and do another.
We should know that by now!
Beware political smoke and mirrors,because in the end,it will be all about the money.
Governments will do just about anything for money,and nowhere is that more obvious than here in B.C.!

One more thing...
Interesting development with the Site C Dam project.
We now know that B.C. Hydro paid for everything for the big announcement a couple of months ago.
Airfares,hotels,meals,vehicles,mostly for politicians.
Who would have thought?
Still think the government/s is not biased toward big business?...including Enbridge?

Non-native people will be virtually ignored in their opposition to this. They have allowed themselves to be emasculated, bit by bit.

The only people with any clout are First Nations people.

It is entirely up to them. They have ancestral rights and no pipeline can be constructed on and across their lands if they do not give permission.

It would be tresspassing and actionable. They would prevail in court. Game over.

Let's see if they will stick to their guns.

Mostly natives protesting against prosperity!
Only 300 people......
What else is new? They do they same down south in Williams Lake against a proposed mine.

Hopefully not to many people will pay attention to this and ignore it.

HD -

1) The crowd today was incredibly diverse in terms of background, age and race.

2) 300 people on weekday is pretty substantial. One of the best turnouts I've seen in PG.

3) Do your homework and you'll find the pipeline would mean prosperity for very few people.

Hopefully many people pay attention to this and do their part to get involved in opposing the pipeline. It is an extremely detrimental project and I think people of BC are realizing that more and more.

Prosperity for whom? Is your last name Enbridge? What do you think you will get out of this boondoggle except a brief spike in coke and meth sales to pipeline welders.

How exactly would this pipeline lead to prosperity? The economic benefits are almost entirely short term. Once it is built, there won't be many jobs associated with it. If more oil is to exported from Alberta, it makes much more sense to expand the existing pipeline to Vancouver. Leaving aside the risks of the pipeline itself, the idea of oil tankers in Douglas Channel gives me the heebie-jeebies.

The missing point in this conversation is the oil needs to be transported from the oil fields to the markets (China). If the pipe line is not built, it will be transported another way, most likely by highway, through our towns, and sensitive ecosystems anyway. If it doesn't make its way to Kitimat, it will go to Vancouver. The real question should be, what is the safest way to transport the oil, and where. Pipelines are by far the safest way to transport large amounts of oil. A northern pipeline will keep the oil further away from highly populated areas as well as providing employment in an otherwise depressed area. It also provides the infrastructure that makes accessing natural gas and oil in the interior feasible.

You got it right billposer! There will not be any jobs after this gets built. This is just SHORT TERM HOPE!

I am with Rural. Pipe is the safest way to transport oil. Alternatives are trucks and trains and really, are the highways safer, not, and trains that trave near environmentaly sensitive areas. Think about it. Oil will be leaving this country on a ship. How does the opposition propose to get it there?? Magic Wand perhaps!!

Why does oil have to be exported to China anyways. So they can refine it there with no environmental regulations? The Alberta oil sands are a disgrace to our country and further expanding it is a crime to our environment. A pipeline through the north is a huge disaster waiting to happen as we don't have the capacity to catch a spill and contain it with fast moving remote rivers in a geologically active zone. This project has no real benefits for BC other than a few jobs equivalent of a Walmart once its completed by the out of province construction crews.

Had I not been working I would have been with the natives protesting this pipeline proposal as well.