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RE: https://mstdn.ca/@atomicker/116851537233896233 Excellent reporting from APTN. These two opening paragraphs: With Alberta’s promise to fully respect “Canada’s duty to consult with Indigenous Peoples,” as part of its promised July 1 submission on a new bitumen pipeline to the Major Projects Office, the province isn’t revealing which First Nations have been consulted. Information provided by Alberta’s Ministry of Indigenous Relations said it’s not providing a list of specific communities in the interest of “open and honest participation.” which is about as dryly sarcastic and critical as a purely factual report can be. 1/3 🧵 https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/imminent-alberta-pipeline-proposal-submission-has-b-c-environmentalists-first-nations-readying-for-battle/ #APTN #pipeline #FossilFuels #OilAndGas #Carney #CDNPoli #BCPoli #ABPoli #Canada

And what, from the economic perspective, is the point? the ocean-based B.C. economy at $21 billion annually with over 130,000 full-time jobs. so we're talking about spending billions of taxpayer dollars to endanger an $21 billion/year economy. 2/3 🧵 https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/imminent-alberta-pipeline-proposal-submission-has-b-c-environmentalists-first-nations-readying-for-battle/ #APTN #pipeline #FossilFuels #OilAndGas #Carney #CDNPoli #BCPoli #ABPoli #Canada

“It’s pretty hard to prove that a bitumen pipeline is going to break or leak because of the incredible safety record that Canada has had in the last 50 years." [1] said a pro-pipeline Chief; compare that claim to Alberta pipeline rupture that caused explosion, wildfire https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/tsb-report-edson-pipeline-rupture-9.6934226 Pipeline leak located more than a week after sheen first reported on Ontario river https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2026/03/23/pipeline-leak-located-more-than-a-week-after-sheen-first-reported-on-ontario-river/ Trans Mountain Pipeline spill in Abbotsford estimated at up to 190,000 litres of crude oil https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/trans-mountain-pipeline-spill-abbotsford-150000-190000-litres-1.5611973 and many, many others (see https://apps2.cer-rec.gc.ca/pipeline-incidents/ or https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/7dffedc4-23fa-440c-a36d-adf5a6cc09f1 3/3 🧵 [1] https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/imminent-alberta-pipeline-proposal-submission-has-b-c-environmentalists-first-nations-readying-for-battle/ #APTN #pipeline #FossilFuels #OilAndGas #Carney #CDNPoli #BCPoli #ABPoli #Canada