This is ignorant. The author has completely overlooked the issue of Native Land Rights. He doesn't speak for 'the rest of Canada' when he discusses politics, especially when he ignores the needs and rights of our First Peoples. By installing pipelines which damage historical landmarks and cut off food and water access in culturally important places, we further the colonial destruction of Indigenous history and cultural practice. Example: pipelines are cutting off water supplies to crucial areas of rivers, harming salmon populations, creating fewer opportunities for fishing (which has strong cultural significance), and lowering food supplies and incomes to Native communities.

It's despicable that white folks are often only concerned about the oil industry, and totally forget that there are industries (and entire cultural practices) being harmed by the pipelines, which will affect a lot more than 1, 800 people.

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