Trudeau, More Dangerous to Environment than Harper?

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Trudeau, More Dangerous to Environment than Harper?

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I suggested it three and a half years ago. Still waiting to be proven wrong.

By Damien Gillis , TheTyee.ca December 2, 2016

Damien Gillis is co-founder of the online publication The Common Sense Canadian, which publishes reporting and analysis about our economy and environment.
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So far, he’s batting almost .1000 when it comes to approving controversial energy projects. Photo by Canada 2020, Creative Commons licensed.

Sometimes it’s no fun being right. Case in point: Three-and-a-half years ago I wrote a piece titled “Why Justin Trudeau may be more dangerous than Harper.” [ http://commonsensecanadian.ca/why-justi ... an-harper/ ]

Flash forward to today, and barely a year into his reign Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is batting almost .1000 when it comes to approving controversial energy projects, from liquefied natural gas plants in Squamish and Prince Rupert to permits for the Site C dam — and now Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline and Enbridge’s Line 3.

In that 2013 editorial, [ http://commonsensecanadian.ca/why-justi ... an-harper/ ] my main concern about the new Liberal leader was that his energy and trade policies were nearly identical to those of former prime minister Stephen Harper — they just looked and sounded better coming from Canada’s prodigal son.

Moreover, I already had the sense Trudeau wasn’t guided by a clear set of values, making him vulnerable to persuasive political advisors and powerful lobbies. With Harper, I noted three years ago, at least we had “a sense that his zeal for expanding Canada’s fossil fuel industries through foreign ownership is something in which he believes on a deep, ideological level.” With Harper, you knew exactly what you were getting — he loathed environmentalists and didn’t care much for “radical” First Nations either.

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Thousands of Veterans: Dakota Access Pipeline 'Will Not Get Completed'

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Lorraine Chow February 3, 2017

"Thousands" of U.S. military veterans and volunteers are readying their return to Standing Rock as President Donald Trump tries to move the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) forward and clashes between law enforcement and Water Protectors continue to break out.

"We are committed to the people of Standing Rock, we are committed to nonviolence and we will do everything within our power to ensure that the environment and human life are respected. That pipeline will not get completed. Not on our watch," Anthony Diggs, a spokesman for Veterans Stand, told CNBC.

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