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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
This kind of talk really bothers me.
What you're doing is implying that it's only indigenous communities that come calling with their hands out when these types of projects roll through town, when that is definitely not the case.
When indigenous communities make demands, or ask for concessions, it's extortion? What about every city, town, county, municipality along the way does the same thin? No one has the same vitriol for them.
Property taxes for things like pipeline right of ways, or production facilities are through the roof compared to other industries, just because the can, but I assume you aren't worried about being preceded as racist because you don't like what Wheatland county is asking for.
I'm not trying to side track this, or call you racist, but the attitude that it is only indigenous communities that hold oil companies over the fire, or make oversized demands, is pretty narrow minded.
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Depending on the regulatory regime (intra or inter provincial) there are ways around extortion demands from communities and surface access, but it's not like for like with the way things have developed for indigenous communities and their ability to require their demands to be met. Consultation is no longer consultation, it's de facto approval and inherent with that is the requirement to give up equity. If you were to look at any new pipeline projects going on today (even non pipeline projects), every single one is giving up equity and ownership stakes to indigenous communities. It's not narrow minded, it's reality.