Harper and the 'science of politics'

Mr. Harper tells us that science should be the RATIONALE for deciding about the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project—I say ‘horse feathers!The science of pipeline building is long established and if applied correctly will result in a SAFE pipeline—

POLITICS has been deciding factor of every major pipeline – governments have fallen because of their pipeline decision—and our Prime Minister knows this—and he deftly created some wiggle room ,for his government, during his recent visit to Vancouver .

Enbridge appear to have a lot of ‘splainin’ to do before THEY should allowed to build or OPERATE a pipeline in our backyard! We see lots of fancy words—but where’s the beef?

The Enbridge full page ‘fluffy’ ads tell us nothing about HOW and WHO will be RESPONSIBLE and ACCOUNTABLE for ensuring a safe operation,system wide. For instance;tell us that the ‘state of the all Enbridge systems’ will be reported to the Board by an appointed Operations Safety OFFICER and any AREAS OF CONCERN will be addressed by the Board and timely action will be directed by the full Board!

Imagine, ACCOUNTABILITY by a Board of Directors—what a novel concept?

In the end the politicians ultimately may ‘fashion’ their decision based on the latest political poll. The next election becomes the THE RATIONALE for deciding the issue-—again SCIENCE is not the deciding factor ;we all know this.

Of course the election result can be influenced by making the politically correct decision!

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