Trudeau faces rowdy crowd of anti-Kinder Morgan pipeline hecklers at B.C. town hall
Source: CBC News
By Peter Zimonjic, CBC News Posted: Feb 02, 2018 1:42 PM ET Last Updated: Feb 02, 2018 8:52 PM ET
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a spirited defence of his decision to approve the Kinder Morgan pipeline during the final — and at times rowdy — town hall meeting of his cross-country tour today in Nanaimo, B.C.
The prime minister was greeted by a chorus of boos — and slightly louder cheers of welcome — as he walked into the room.
But his defence of Kinder Morgan began when an elderly woman asked Trudeau to "please, please, please" stop the pipeline expansion from bringing more oil from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
As Trudeau attempted to defend his ideas about protecting the environment while growing the economy, he was shouted down by a number of activists. Three of them had to be removed by police after the local First Nation chief and Trudeau failed to talk them down.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-town-hall-nanaimo-1.4516953
Still vastly better than what we have in a leader, but no saint.
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shanny
(6,709 posts)but not good on environmental issues.
CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)...by the oil industry, same as yours.
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bucolic_frolic
(54,525 posts)I took about 6 history courses, and have read dozens of books. They are about events, timelimes. Financial flows or economies are mentioned in passing, but again, just facts.
We know prior to oil there was coal, whale oil, wood. Do historians know much about economies in ancient societies? Olive oil for example. Do we know the energy sources of the Celtic societies, Greece, Persia? I have no idea.
Today is a shame. Solar - photovoltaics, passive, active - renewables, wood heat ... all are viable modern technologies that produce enduring cost savings which reduces cash flows to fossil fuel industries. Few people use them, they just buy traditional houses with conventional heating and cooling systems, and keep paying the piper who just keeps drilling and piping.
