The Common Sense Canadian: Kinder Morgan Bait & Switch: Backdoor pipeline to Washington State refineries could save Trans Mountain Expansion

Washington Governor Jay Inslee meets with BC Premier John Horgan in Victoria (Flickr/Province of BC) By Joyce Nelson In a widely published June 3 op-ed for Postmedia newspapers, Thomas Gunton – a former B.C. Deputy Minister of Environment – decimated the Trudeau Liberals’ decision to buy Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain

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The Common Sense Canadian: Film explores rare primeval forest and plan to save it from logging

From Common Sense Canadian publisher and award-winning documentary filmmaker Damien Gillis (Fractured Land) and Valhalla Wilderness Society comes Primeval: Enter the Incomappleux, now available online following a theatrical tour and film festival screenings. Filmed on location deep in the heart of BC’s Selkirk Mountains, this 19-minute documentary is the story of the majesty,

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The Common Sense Canadian: Constitutional expert debunks “National Interest” argument for Kinder Morgan pipeline

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau (Photo: Premier of Alberta/Flickr) Read this April 13 Desmog Canada article on lawyer Jack Woodward’s view that the “National Interest” – often cited as a basis for forcing through the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion pipeline – doesn’t trump Aboriginal rights enshrined

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The Common Sense Canadian: There is virtually zero Asian demand for Alberta bitumen, new Kinder Morgan analysis reveals

Artist’s rendering of proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline and tanker expansion Read this essential analysis from Mitchell Anderson in The Tyee, torpedoing the argument that Alberta needs Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion in order to capitalize on pent up Asian demand for its bitumen: Canadians are often told the Trans

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