As people on different sides of the country, who have been following the steady stream of pipeline proposals, we want to get one thing straight: pipelines will not connect the East and the West by providing “energy security” for Canada.
We keep hearing politicians, with Alberta Premier Redford and her new recruit New Brunswick Premier Alward leading the way, heralding tar sands pipelines as the key to uniting the east and the west, paving the way for energy security in this country, and a brighter economic future.
Redford and Alward may be right in that pipelines can unite a country, but where they’re wrong is why pipelines are bringing people together: to fight these tar sands export pipelines.
