Posted on 11/08/2017 3:05:30 PM PST by bananaman22
When Canada’s federal government issued a five-year moratorium on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic at the end of last year, the environmentalist community rejoiced, just as it did in the United States, when the Obama administration did the same. Everyone seemed sure the move would bring benefits to everyone. Or perhaps they just didn’t really care that there are communities heavily dependent on the oil and gas industry for their livelihood.
Now, the Prime Minister of Canada’s Northwester Territories has slammed Ottawa for its decision, along with others concerning the northern province, saying what we are witnessing today in that part of the world is “a return to colonialism.”
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This could push the North West to start demanding sovereignty for “First Nations”. Faced with the opportunity to be billionaires in a suddenly wealthy land, it just may cross their minds.
Obviously racist.
Trudeau has done nothing but fuss over First Nations and Global Warming . Soon he’ll hit Canada with his Carbon Tax so he can hand some of Canada’s money to the scum of the world
That would be the Premier of the Northwest Territories. Get it right.
Typical. Left wing enviro whackos hey care about indigenous people but they are racists and bigots, self-centered and immoral.
That’s correct - thanks for the heads up
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