The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday, Dec. 6, edition that Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau could be facing similar protests like the one the Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe is waging in North Dakota. The Globe's Justine Hunter writes that a bitter, drawn-out
battle will likely be fought in the courts
and on the ground -- only this
time in the streets of Burnaby
and Vancouver.
The toughest opposition
to Trans Mountain will come from the settler
population of Vancouver and
the Lower Mainland, not first nations. Many of
them believe that pipelines are
an existential threat to life on
Earth.
For these people, there is no
hope of compromise. Better consultation
processes will not change
their minds, and better safety
measures will not reassure them. How to manage this
impassioned minority will be Mr.
Trudeau's greatest challenge. Ms. Hunter says Mr. Trudeau has
overpromised and underdelivered.
Environmentalists imagined
he was one of them, until
they discovered that he is not.
Environmentalists
and lots of native
groups will never be happy with
this deal. Ms. Hunter says they will not stop fighting
-- legally, at least. She says this will be
a litigators' dream for many
years to come.
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