Thread by @Norlaine

Re: court decision today. The thing that gets me about this is Bill C-69 is to ensure projects are evaluated to protect public health, the environment, and neighbouring communities. Who could be against protecting these things? 1/8 #AbLeg #anpoli #UCPCorruption

So when the UCP says C-69 will make sure there are no more pipelines built, they are saying that O&G production/shipping is inherently too dangerous for health, environment & communities to pass the evaluation process, right? 2/8

But if you look at it objectively, surely people's health, the health of the planet, is slightly more important than making money for Shell or Husky, isn't it? O&G provides jobs, but fewer and fewer the more automation takes over. 3/8

Will oil and gas workers take advantage of retraining programs to leave the industry? If they do, will they feel differently? Will they still ❤️Oil & Gas when the industry employs a small fraction of what it once did, thanks to self-driving trucks and automated processes? 4/8

Will they still insist that God put these resources in the ground to benefit Alberta (even as the lion's share of the profit goes to huge foreign corporations)? 5/8

I know, this is all rhetorical. Alberta has a profound sense of victimization, which is carefully nurtured and encouraged by the UCP. Knowing one is participating in an industry that is displacing and killing people elsewhere through extreme weather events... 6/8

Is obviously meaningless to people who feel they are entitled to their "specialness", entitled to go full bore on dismantling the health of the planet. I guess it's easier if you don't believe in climate change, if you don't believe in toxic waste, 7/8

And if you believe that all men in all the man camps are all perfect gentlemen all the time. I guess if that's what you believe, you can also somehow reconcile your product, created by the decomposition of prehistoric plants and animals, with a 6,000 year old earth. Sigh. 8/8

Post-script: No one is suggesting a sudden hard stop to O&G production. C-69 is aimed at ensuring safety in any new projects. Safe communities, public health, and protecting the environment are important. You can say you don't care, fair enough. You do you.