Last week, Elmer Derrick, a hereditary chief of the Gitxcan Indian band in B.C., announced he’d come to an agreement with Enbridge for the pipeline.
Well, the foreign lobby groups who hate the oilsands blew their stack. Here was an Indian daring to side with the oil companies!
How dare he!
Immediately these foreign lobbyists swung into action. Some claimed Derrick wasn’t a real chief, or that he couldn’t speak for the band — even though he is the band’s official treaty negotiator.
This isn’t a debate amongst Canadians folks. It’s a war between foreign interests and Canada itself.
Earlier this year, when EthicalOil.org, the NGO I’m involved with, ran TV ads comparing how Canada treats women to how Saudi Arabia does, the Saudi embassy threatened me with a lawsuit.
It’s not just OPEC dictatorships. It’s left-wing billionaire playboys in the U.S., too.
The U.S. Tides Foundation has funneled millions of dollars to 36 different anti-oilsands groups in Western Canada.
Canadians might think there’s a wave of anti-oilsands feeling in Canada. But all 36 are cashing cheques from the same U.S. puppet master.
A handful of big U.S. foundations have given $190 million to undermine Western Canadian resource development over the past decade — including $10 million to David Suzuki’s foundation.
According to research by Vivian Krause, in 2008 Tides’ Canadian affiliate paid two Indian bands $27.3 million specifically to oppose the Northern Gateway pipeline.
It’s working.
Shame on those chiefs for taking U.S. money to oppose Canada’s national interests — and the economic interests of their own people.
So much for self-government: Some B.C. bands are selling out their people for cash.
This cannot stand. Keystone XL was stopped by Obama.
He’s a fool, but it’s his decision.
The Northern Gateway pipeline is a completely Canadian matter. It’s about our national interests. And it’s time our government — and any self-respecting Aboriginal leader — blew the whistle on foreign interference.
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/12/05/keep-it-to-yourself
Dear Readers; I have to admit that I’m a big fan of Ezra Levant.
Ever since I first saw him on Michael Coren’s show a few years ago his comments on political and social issues are insightful and astute with a minimal amount of hyperbole, so when I read his comments on the Keystone pipeline today I found myself agreeing with everything he said!
First of all his thoughts on the pipeline itself;
International lobby groups such as Greenpeace, along with billionaire foundations from the U.S., drove thousands of British Columbians out of work, and destroyed dozens of towns that depended on forestry.
This pipeline would help rebuild that damage, through construction and operating jobs. and through tax revenue, and benefits for Indian bands along the route.
That’s right, nefarious forces have done damage to Canada’s image, and more importantly, to our internal affairs and job creation;
Well, the foreign lobby groups who hate the oilsands blew their stack. Here was an Indian daring to side with the oil companies!
How dare he!
Immediately these foreign lobbyists swung into action. Some claimed Derrick wasn’t a real chief, or that he couldn’t speak for the band — even though he is the band’s official treaty negotiator.
This isn’t a debate amongst Canadians folks. It’s a war between foreign interests and Canada itself.
Earlier this year, when EthicalOil.org, the NGO I’m involved with, ran TV ads comparing how Canada treats women to how Saudi Arabia does, the Saudi embassy threatened me with a lawsuit.
It’s not just OPEC dictatorships. It’s left-wing billionaire playboys in the U.S., too.
The U.S. Tides Foundation has funneled millions of dollars to 36 different anti-oilsands groups in Western Canada.
Canadians might think there’s a wave of anti-oilsands feeling in Canada. But all 36 are cashing cheques from the same U.S. puppet master.
A handful of big U.S. foundations have given $190 million to undermine Western Canadian resource development over the past decade — including $10 million to David Suzuki’s foundation.
According to research by Vivian Krause, in 2008 Tides’ Canadian affiliate paid two Indian bands $27.3 million specifically to oppose the Northern Gateway pipeline.
It’s working.
Shame on those chiefs for taking U.S. money to oppose Canada’s national interests — and the economic interests of their own people.
So much for self-government: Some B.C. bands are selling out their people for cash.
This cannot stand. Keystone XL was stopped by Obama.
He’s a fool, but it’s his decision.
The Northern Gateway pipeline is a completely Canadian matter. It’s about our national interests. And it’s time our government — and any self-respecting Aboriginal leader — blew the whistle on foreign interference.
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/12/05/keep-it-to-yourself
Finally, on a personal note, it seems rather strange to me that Americans are more concerned with our stuff than we are!