tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post2298954135759442536..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: EnviroCan Coddles Big FossilThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-12567188189624712742014-01-06T03:26:12.069-08:002014-01-06T03:26:12.069-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-34545825592553716262013-01-27T11:00:56.293-08:002013-01-27T11:00:56.293-08:00Hi Sal. Yeah I read Richard's post. It was re...Hi Sal. Yeah I read Richard's post. It was really quite good.<br /><br />I don't know if you saw a post I did a few days ago about the "precautionary principle." That should be enshrined in legislation to establish a meaningful benchmark for liability by elected officials. <br /><br />If they act without proper regard for public safety and public welfare they should be held accountable, they should be thrown into jail and for a good, long time.<br /><br />How else are we going to sever corporatism and democracy in Canada except to prosecute elected representatives for this sort of corruption?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-34339214547512706852013-01-27T08:22:31.031-08:002013-01-27T08:22:31.031-08:00If you have not seen it yet .. Richard Hughes at C...If you have not seen it yet .. Richard Hughes at Cowichan Conversations has a link that is stunning.. staggering .. It points to how the publicity and legal worm is beginning to turn somewhat. Richard's article references the Jessica Ernst lawsuit against Encana and Alberta. But the link he includes<br /><br />http://www.ernstversusencana.ca/category/other-lawsuits-2 <br /><br />also references a mind blowing collection of related or similar suits, and malfeasance primarily in the USA. <br /><br />My interest stemmed from the American case where there was an attempt to keep secret, the reason for, and the settlement reached by a fracking entity and the injured party.. Stephanie and Chris Hallowich, a family with children affected by leaking methane. <br /><br />The court judge lashed the lawyers for assuming some right to secrecy for their fracking defendants.. and especially for sanctimoniously claiming secrecy was in the best interests of the injured children. <br /><br />We know how nonsense like this played out in the infamous 'Bidder 70' story of Tim DeChristopher who was jailed in Utah. <br /><br />Now we'll see how effectively our muzzling federal government and our provincial governments and their Ministers and lawyers manipulate, distort, obstruct, cover up or lie whether secretly or to our faces publicly or in the legislatures.<br /><br />If such practices are identified, the politicians and governments must be held responsible. Fraud, malfeasance, conspiracy, incompetence, manipulation, cronyism, patronage, deceit ? When did these become entrenched as 'good for Canada, the economy, or represent good government'the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-46015003504234059472013-01-26T16:39:33.443-08:002013-01-26T16:39:33.443-08:00I've seen no sign that long-term consequences ...I've seen no sign that long-term consequences are particularly relevant to this bunch. If anything it strikes me they're intensely focused on short-term, 10-20 year exploitation.<br /><br />High-carbon fossil fuels are becoming sub-prime resources and, as such, time is not on their side. Redford even used the dreaded term "bitumen bubble." She and Harper and the Athabasca operators want to get their product into Asian markets as quickly as they can while they can still book at least notional profits. If British Columbia has to bear the risks and calamity of that adventure, so be it.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-15719368707433282122013-01-26T16:00:02.712-08:002013-01-26T16:00:02.712-08:00Resource-Extraction companies seemingly get whatev...Resource-Extraction companies seemingly get whatever they want from the Conservative government. This is something that will come back to haunt them. Because the public backlash risks being severe: every accident and spill builds pent-up energy. When (not "if") it is unleashed, the whole industry could be politically decimated.<br /><br />Some oil and gas companies are better operators than others. They understand the huge risks in Harper's strategy. Some have called for carbon taxes, for example (rather too meekly, unfortunately). But Harper's style of non-regulation means that the worst of the worst prosper. These miscreants make more money than competitors who run tighter ships, and that puts pressure on everyone to emulate those spoiled brats and dumb down their operations.crfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726414637021391906noreply@blogger.com