‘We’re not going to give up,’ PM vows (Canada Against ANWR Drilling)

Whitehorse STAR ^ | Julia Skikavich

[John Lenin]

Will gas have to hit $10 a gallon before we drill for more oil ?

[MadIvan]

What America does on its own land, is America's business. I don't recall Canada being granted any say in the American constitution, nor in the state constitution of Alaska.

Regards, Ivan

[Savage Beast]

Here's a good rule of thumb: If the "environmentalists" are for it, oppose it. If they're against it, support it.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Sounds like this jughead is ready to "give up." ROTFL!!! Alaska is a U.S. state you hoser. Why don't you buy a globe, eh?

[konaice]

The Canadian government won’t sit aside and just wait for the U.S. Congress to pass legislation in September that will permit drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), says Prime Minister Paul Martin.

Butt out!

[Stayingawayfromthedarkside]

HELL YEAH!!!

[ncountylee]

Look who is complaining about parliamentary maneuvers. LOL Paul you should be ashamed!

[coydog]

There he goes, embarrassing decent Canadians again.

[lmr]

I guess Canada will have to invade us then...

[txroadhawg]

Canada sells a lot of oil and gas to the US, it's in their interest to keep prices high.

[okie01]

The refuge is the calving grounds of the Porcupine caribou herd, which is the lifeblood of northern Yukon’s Vuntut Gwitchin people. If the drilling of the 607,000 hectares of the refuge’s coastal plain in Alaska is permitted, many expect it to have devastating effects on the herd.

If Paul Martin and the Vuntut Gwitchin people were really concerned for the well-being of the Porcupine caribou herd, they would DEMAND that ANWR be drilled.

Thanks to the warmth provided by oil moving thru the pipelines, calving mortality rate is greatly reduced.

Accordingly, the leftists are lying in order to serve another agenda...

[denydenydeny]

“They actually backdoored ANWR, because they never would have had 60 (out of 100) votes, so they used a parliamentary maneuver so they wouldn’t require a majority.”

Memo to Martin: 60 votes is not a majority, it's a supermajority. There is absolutely no basis in the law for ordinary legislation to require a supermajority.

Idiot.

[MadIvan]

I guess Canada will have to invade us then...

I doubt they could muster anyone besides Liberal Party activists to even try. Let's see, Canadian Liberals versus the Alaska State Police? No contest.

Regards, Ivan

[Howlin]

“The ANWR drilling was put on in a strange and bizarre and Byzantine fashion on the budget,” McCain told reporters during his visit to Whitehorse last week. “They actually backdoored ANWR, because they never would have had 60 (out of 100) votes, so they used a parliamentary maneuver so they wouldn’t require a majority.”

60 votes? What the hell is he talking about?

[jimfree]

Can't upset that pristine desert, eh?

[Hugin]

“They actually backdoored ANWR, because they never would have had 60 (out of 100) votes, so they used a parliamentary maneuver so they wouldn’t require a majority.”

Hmmm....I thought 51 votes was a majority of 100. Must be new math.

[Richard-SIA]

Wah! Waaaah! Waaaaaaaah!
Sniveling socialist!

I am just old enough to remember the same damn hand wringing, phony tears, and prediction of doom and extinction when we needed to build the Alaskan oil pipeline.

The eco-nuts have cried "Wolf" too many times, they have no crdibility left.

And just in case this A** is unaware, WE own Alaska, so he can just STFU and take care of his own damn country!

[John Lenin]

“This is a very strong, emotional issue for Canada,

People freezing to death in the winter because they can't afford their gas bill will be an even bigger emotional issue than a few dead caribou.

[MadIvan]

Canada's Liberal government is begging to be knocked over - it's corrupt, it's venal and it's so far to the left probably George Galloway is considering buying a second home there. Enough, really...I am waiting for Canadians to vote this monstrosity out.

Regards, Ivan

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Put a sock in it PM or stop all that far north oil sands production to show you really, really, are concerned. (Canada is trying to corner the Northa American crude oil market) We heard the same crapola about the pipe line from North Slope to Valdez. The boo just completely ignored it, and the antis were all deeply saddened.