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   From: "@nyet.ca   
      
   But we also know it doesn't matter a damn what his government says about   
   Enbridge crossing BC to feel bitumen into Chinese tankers in our waters.   
      
   It's what British Columbians and supporters from other provinces say to   
   the pipeline.  The answer is NO today, it was NO yesterday, and it will   
   be NO tomorrow.   
   The only difference will be the massive protests that will be   
   materializing if the Enbridge pipeline starts construction after being   
   told NO by the people in BC.   
      
   ( . . . Oh, and the plunge in the polls for the Conservative party   
   amongst British Columbians).   
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   The Huffington Post B.C.  |  Posted: 06/13/2014  |   
      
      
   Northern Gateway Activists Taught How To Protest Legally By BCCLA   
      
      
   As the federal government's decision on Enbridge's Northern Gateway   
   pipeline looms closer, one B.C. civil rights group is making sure   
   activists know their rights.   
      
   Over the past few months the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA)   
   has been hosting seminars to teach people how to conduct legal protests,   
   according to News 1130.   
      
   “The important thing for us is that whatever people’s position is on   
   particular political issues, that they really be aware of what their   
   rights are if they do decide to go out and protest,” Josh Paterson, a   
   BCCLA lawyer who spoke at the seminars, told the outlet.   
      
   If arrested, Paterson advises writing down police badge numbers and   
   having a camera at the ready, reports the Vancouver Observer. Protesters   
   have the right to photograph and film police as long as it doesn't cause   
   an interference.   
      
   On Tuesday, the federal government's Government Operations Centre sent   
   an email to all federal departments requesting surveillance of all known   
   demonstrations across the country, according to the Ottawa Citizen.   
      
   The BCCLA responded with this statement from policy director Micheal   
   Vonn, posted to its website on June 6:   
      
        This is a travesty. The Canadian government cannot use the guise of   
   “situational awareness” or a completely ungrounded claim of potential   
   for national emergencies as an excuse for blanket surveillance of all   
   peaceful protest. This surveillance directive is outrageous and it will   
   be challenged. All people in Canada have a constitutional right to   
   peaceful assembly. Having that right threatened by the government is the   
   true national emergency.   
      
   On Thursday, an ad supporting Enbridge's pipeline project was published   
   in newspapers across the country. It was signed by former Liberal deputy   
   prime minister John Manley, former Conservative cabinet ministers Perrin   
   Beatty and Chuck Strahl, Alberta Premier Dave Hancock, Saskatchewan   
   Premier Brad Wall, and former Newfoundland premier Brian Tobin, among   
   others.   
      
   The federal government's decision on the Northern Gateway is expected   
   within the next week.   
      
        More than 1,000 people gathered at Sunset Beach in Vancouver on May   
   10, 2014 to protest the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project.   
      
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        Oil sits on the surface at a Suncor Energy Inc. oilsands mining   
   operation near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, Aug. 13,   
   2013. Photographer:   
      
        A large oil refinery along the Athabasca River in Alberta's   
   Oilsands. Fort McMurray, Alberta.   
      
        Oils mixes with water at a tailings pond at a Suncor Energy Inc.   
   oilsands mining operation near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on   
   Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013.   
      
        In this Aug. 5, 2005 file photo, the Syncrude upgrader spreads out   
   towards the horizon at the company's oil sands project in Ft. McMurray,   
   Alberta, Canada.   
      
        This Tuesday, July 10, 2012 aerial photo shows a Nexen oil sands   
   facility near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.   
      
        This Sept. 19, 2011 aerial photo shows an oilsands facility near   
   Fort McMurray, in Alberta, Canada.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)