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   From: Çons@32%   
      
   Christy Clark recently got back from Calgary, from raising funds for the   
   upcoming BC election.   
   She got the money from OIL COMPANIES in Alberta.  And now they want us to   
   believe this . . . .   
   . .   ?   
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   CBC News Posted: Jan 28, 2012   
      
   Oil pipeline decision not foregone conclusion, says B.C.   
      
   Northern Gateway documents released, with key sections redacted   
      
   B.C. Environment Minister Terry Lake says critics are wrong to suggest the   
   provincial   
   government has already decided to support the Northern Gateway pipeline that   
   would carry oil   
   from Alberta to Kitimat.   
      
   Internal documents released in response to a Freedom of Information request   
   show the industry   
   was lobbying the government well before the start of a federal review this   
   month, but publicly,   
   the province has refused to take a stand.   
      
   The 371 pages of documents include stacks of notes and e-mails, including a   
   brief by Enbridge   
   to the environment minister last year, saying the pipeline would bring   
   billions of dollars in   
   benefits.   
      
   But any options or recommendations from ministry staff have been blanked out,   
   as NDP   
   environment critic Rob Fleming points out.   
      
   "Really, the good parts have been left out of these documents for the public   
   to see," Fleming   
   said.   
      
   But Lake says it's not true to suggest the government is quietly supporting   
   the project.   
   Environmental hearings on the project are now under way.   
      
   'We absolutely have not made up our minds on this. It's important we go   
   through the process,"   
   said Lake.   
      
   Calls NDP 'irresponsible'   
   “It's an interesting contrast that the NDP has made up their minds before the   
   information is   
   complete. I think that's irresponsible.”   
      
   Lake said only after the province has weighed all the technical issues will it   
   say yes or no to   
   the Northern Gateway.   
      
   Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Natural resources Minister Joe Oliver   
   stirred up a   
   controversy earlier this month when they suggested that “foreigners” could   
   “hijack” the review   
   process.   
      
   The federal government’s concern is that well-funded environmental groups from   
   Europe and the   
   U.S. who are opposed to the project could dominate the hearings.   
      
   The $5.5-billion project is a proposal by Canadian oil and gas company   
   Enbridge to build two   
   pipelines stretching 1,177 kilometres between the Alberta oilsands and the   
   West Coast.   
      
   Northern Gateway would have the capacity to transport 525,000 barrels of oil   
   per day.   
      
      
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   We CAN have a fiscally responsible government.   
   We CAN have a strong economy; greater equality; a clean environment.   
   We CAN be a force for peace in the world."                      - Jack Layton   
      
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