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Originally Posted by rubecube
I can only speak anecdotally on this topic, but the FN and environmental friends/protesters I've spoken with on the manner are primarily concerned with protecting the coast line from tanker traffic, and trying to get the government to practice more consensual policy decisions with FN bands. There have also been a number of earth sciences, environmental studies, biology, etc., professors out here from UVic, SFU, UBC, etc., who have gone on record against Northern Gateway because they feel the potential impact on the environment outweighs the economic benefits for BC. I don't think all of these people are on the payroll for American oil interests.
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As I said, most of the people on the ground are very likely sincere in their beliefs. But while they likely do not realize it, many of them are also very likely working with or for organizations that are heavily funded by American groups such as the Rockefeller Foundation and Tides Foundation. Tides, for instance, has
outright bribed Native leaders to oppose oil sands development. And the lengths they go to to obfuscate their actions does little to suggest that the originating sources of these bribes are on the up and up.