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2014-06-08 22:13:45 UTC
This one is against the builders of the pipeline and storage terminal,
TransCanada. Against Suncor. And Enbridge.
Seems the whole country is saying 'no' to oil and its expansion.
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THE GAZETTE - June 6, 2014
Anti-pipeline marchers reach Suncor refinery
MONTREAL — Tanned and tired-looking, but still cheerfully chanting
anti-pipeline slogans, a group of about 70 protesters marched to the
Suncor oil refinery in east-end Montreal Thursday afternoon to take a
stand against plans by two oil companies to pump oil from Alberta’s
oilsands projects through Quebec.
Some of the group have been walking since May 10 when the action, called
Peoples for Mother Earth, began in Cacouna, a small town near
Rivière-du-Loup, where TransCanada hopes to build a marine terminal and
storage facility for its oil exports.
TransCanada wants to bring 1.1 million barrels of crude oil per day from
oilsands projects in Alberta and Saskatchewan to refineries in Quebec
and New Brunswick. The marchers are also against Enbridge’s plan to
expand its Line 9B pipeline, so that it can bring oilsands oil to the
Suncor refinery in Montreal east and the Valéro refinery in Lévis, near
Quebec City.
They argue the pipelines pose a risk to drinking water, in case of
ruptures, and they facilitate expansion of the oilsands projects, which
contribute to climate change.
The march route, which will be about 700 kilometres in total, roughly
follows TransCanada’s proposed pipeline route. This week, the march has
travelled through Louiseville, Berthierville, Lanoraie, and St-Sulpice,
to Montreal East. The number of marchers ranges from about 30 to 100
daily, as different groups or individuals join for different segments.
About 15 people have been marching since Day One — 27 days and about 500
kilometres so far — and they intend to make it to the final destination,
which is the Mohawk community of Kahnesatake, near Oka.
Alyssa Symons-Bélanger, a Montrealer who has been with the marchers from
the start, said it has been tiring physically, but emotionally
invigorating. The marchers have been meeting with like-minded groups and
individuals along the way, knocking on doors to drum up support for
their protest and sleeping in church basements, schools and community
centres.
On Thursday afternoon, Symons-Bélanger brought a message from the
protesters to the member of the National Assembly for
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Nicole Léger, whose constituency office happens to
be across the street from the Suncor refinery where protesters held
their rally.
“We told her ... people don’t feel they have the opportunity to be part
of the decision about whether the TransCanada (pipeline) will pass
through their municipalities or not. It is the same thing here in
Montreal East where people don’t feel they have a say in whether
tarsands oil is going to be refined in their backyard. As we are walking
we are hearing different people tell us how powerless they feel when it
comes to these decisions.”
Nicholas Ouellet of St-Joseph-du-Lac, said he joined the march because
he wants to help unite all the Quebecers who think the government is
wrong to allow oil companies to put people and the environment at risk.
“It feels good to do this because it gives us back some hope,” he said.
“People are isolated and the purpose of this march is to join people up
in a network, break the solitude.”
TransCanada says its project would create 837 direct jobs in Quebec per
year during the three-year development phase, 2,764 per year during the
three-year construction phase, and about 200 per year during the
operations phase (40 years).
But a study released this week on the impacts of the pipeline projects
found the long-term economic benefits to Quebec would be negligible,
considering the risk the province would run in the event of an accident.
The study, conducted by The Goodman Group Ltd. for Greenpeace and
Équiterre, said the overall contribution of the oil sector amounts to
about 0.5 per cent of Quebec’s economy and 0.3 per cent of Quebec’s jobs.
For more information on the march, go to: www.peuplespourlaterre.ca
http://www.canada.com/business/Anti+pipeline+marchers+reach+Suncor+refinery/9912026/story.html
TransCanada. Against Suncor. And Enbridge.
Seems the whole country is saying 'no' to oil and its expansion.
____________________________________________________________________
THE GAZETTE - June 6, 2014
Anti-pipeline marchers reach Suncor refinery
MONTREAL — Tanned and tired-looking, but still cheerfully chanting
anti-pipeline slogans, a group of about 70 protesters marched to the
Suncor oil refinery in east-end Montreal Thursday afternoon to take a
stand against plans by two oil companies to pump oil from Alberta’s
oilsands projects through Quebec.
Some of the group have been walking since May 10 when the action, called
Peoples for Mother Earth, began in Cacouna, a small town near
Rivière-du-Loup, where TransCanada hopes to build a marine terminal and
storage facility for its oil exports.
TransCanada wants to bring 1.1 million barrels of crude oil per day from
oilsands projects in Alberta and Saskatchewan to refineries in Quebec
and New Brunswick. The marchers are also against Enbridge’s plan to
expand its Line 9B pipeline, so that it can bring oilsands oil to the
Suncor refinery in Montreal east and the Valéro refinery in Lévis, near
Quebec City.
They argue the pipelines pose a risk to drinking water, in case of
ruptures, and they facilitate expansion of the oilsands projects, which
contribute to climate change.
The march route, which will be about 700 kilometres in total, roughly
follows TransCanada’s proposed pipeline route. This week, the march has
travelled through Louiseville, Berthierville, Lanoraie, and St-Sulpice,
to Montreal East. The number of marchers ranges from about 30 to 100
daily, as different groups or individuals join for different segments.
About 15 people have been marching since Day One — 27 days and about 500
kilometres so far — and they intend to make it to the final destination,
which is the Mohawk community of Kahnesatake, near Oka.
Alyssa Symons-Bélanger, a Montrealer who has been with the marchers from
the start, said it has been tiring physically, but emotionally
invigorating. The marchers have been meeting with like-minded groups and
individuals along the way, knocking on doors to drum up support for
their protest and sleeping in church basements, schools and community
centres.
On Thursday afternoon, Symons-Bélanger brought a message from the
protesters to the member of the National Assembly for
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Nicole Léger, whose constituency office happens to
be across the street from the Suncor refinery where protesters held
their rally.
“We told her ... people don’t feel they have the opportunity to be part
of the decision about whether the TransCanada (pipeline) will pass
through their municipalities or not. It is the same thing here in
Montreal East where people don’t feel they have a say in whether
tarsands oil is going to be refined in their backyard. As we are walking
we are hearing different people tell us how powerless they feel when it
comes to these decisions.”
Nicholas Ouellet of St-Joseph-du-Lac, said he joined the march because
he wants to help unite all the Quebecers who think the government is
wrong to allow oil companies to put people and the environment at risk.
“It feels good to do this because it gives us back some hope,” he said.
“People are isolated and the purpose of this march is to join people up
in a network, break the solitude.”
TransCanada says its project would create 837 direct jobs in Quebec per
year during the three-year development phase, 2,764 per year during the
three-year construction phase, and about 200 per year during the
operations phase (40 years).
But a study released this week on the impacts of the pipeline projects
found the long-term economic benefits to Quebec would be negligible,
considering the risk the province would run in the event of an accident.
The study, conducted by The Goodman Group Ltd. for Greenpeace and
Équiterre, said the overall contribution of the oil sector amounts to
about 0.5 per cent of Quebec’s economy and 0.3 per cent of Quebec’s jobs.
For more information on the march, go to: www.peuplespourlaterre.ca
http://www.canada.com/business/Anti+pipeline+marchers+reach+Suncor+refinery/9912026/story.html