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   This one is against the builders of the pipeline and storage terminal,   
   TransCanada.  Against Suncor.  And Enbridge.   
   Seems the whole country is saying 'no' to oil and its expansion.   
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   THE GAZETTE - June 6, 2014   
      
      
   Anti-pipeline marchers reach Suncor refinery   
      
      
   MONTREAL — Tanned and tired-looking, but still cheerfully chanting   
   anti-pipeline slogans, a group of about 70 protesters marched to the   
   Suncor oil refinery in east-end Montreal Thursday afternoon to take a   
   stand against plans by two oil companies to pump oil from Alberta’s   
   oilsands projects through Quebec.   
      
   Some of the group have been walking since May 10 when the action, called   
   Peoples for Mother Earth, began in Cacouna, a small town near   
   Rivière-du-Loup, where TransCanada hopes to build a marine terminal and   
   storage facility for its oil exports.   
      
   TransCanada wants to bring 1.1 million barrels of crude oil per day from   
   oilsands projects in Alberta and Saskatchewan to refineries in Quebec   
   and New Brunswick. The marchers are also against Enbridge’s plan to   
   expand its Line 9B pipeline, so that it can bring oilsands oil to the   
   Suncor refinery in Montreal east and the Valéro refinery in Lévis, near   
   Quebec City.   
      
   They argue the pipelines pose a risk to drinking water, in case of   
   ruptures, and they facilitate expansion of the oilsands projects, which   
   contribute to climate change.   
      
   The march route, which will be about 700 kilometres in total, roughly   
   follows TransCanada’s proposed pipeline route. This week, the march has   
   travelled through Louiseville, Berthierville, Lanoraie, and St-Sulpice,   
   to Montreal East. The number of marchers ranges from about 30 to 100   
   daily, as different groups or individuals join for different segments.   
   About 15 people have been marching since Day One — 27 days and about 500   
   kilometres so far — and they intend to make it to the final destination,   
   which is the Mohawk community of Kahnesatake, near Oka.   
      
   Alyssa Symons-Bélanger, a Montrealer who has been with the marchers from   
   the start, said it has been tiring physically, but emotionally   
   invigorating. The marchers have been meeting with like-minded groups and   
   individuals along the way, knocking on doors to drum up support for   
   their protest and sleeping in church basements, schools and community   
   centres.   
      
   On Thursday afternoon, Symons-Bélanger brought a message from the   
   protesters to the member of the National Assembly for   
   Pointe-aux-Trembles, Nicole Léger, whose constituency office happens to   
   be across the street from the Suncor refinery where protesters held   
   their rally.   
      
   “We told her ... people don’t feel they have the opportunity to be part   
   of the decision about whether the TransCanada (pipeline) will pass   
   through their municipalities or not. It is the same thing here in   
   Montreal East where people don’t feel they have a say in whether   
   tarsands oil is going to be refined in their backyard. As we are walking   
   we are hearing different people tell us how powerless they feel when it   
   comes to these decisions.”   
      
   Nicholas Ouellet of St-Joseph-du-Lac, said he joined the march because   
   he wants to help unite all the Quebecers who think the government is   
   wrong to allow oil companies to put people and the environment at risk.   
      
   “It feels good to do this because it gives us back some hope,” he said.   
   “People are isolated and the purpose of this march is to join people up   
   in a network, break the solitude.”   
      
   TransCanada says its project would create 837 direct jobs in Quebec per   
   year during the three-year development phase, 2,764 per year during the   
   three-year construction phase, and about 200 per year during the   
   operations phase (40 years).   
      
   But a study released this week on the impacts of the pipeline projects   
   found the long-term economic benefits to Quebec would be negligible,   
   considering the risk the province would run in the event of an accident.   
   The study, conducted by The Goodman Group Ltd. for Greenpeace and   
   Équiterre, said the overall contribution of the oil sector amounts to   
   about 0.5 per cent of Quebec’s economy and 0.3 per cent of Quebec’s jobs.   
      
   For more information on the march, go to: www.peuplespourlaterre.ca   
      
   http://www.canada.com/business/Anti+pipeline+marchers+reach+Sunc   
   r+refinery/9912026/story.html   
      
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