tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070977933232664642.post7086841490525711717..comments2024-02-21T12:23:30.416-06:00Comments on PLANET IN PERIL: Great Canadian MigrationsGraham Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10678179625435076216noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070977933232664642.post-73380701123224855102015-01-16T17:47:44.532-06:002015-01-16T17:47:44.532-06:00The greed of money; at the expense of ALL. Oil Sa...The greed of money; at the expense of ALL. Oil Sands.<br /><br />The Stench of Money… Black Gold. Sun Cor started operations in 1967. Alberta, Canada.<br /><br />"Aboriginal peoples have had great difficulties maintaining their lands and livelihoods in the face <br />of this massive encroachment. The actual reserve or community land base of Aboriginal people has shrunk by almost two-thirds since Confederation and on reserve resources has largely vanished."<br />re:…Canadian Royal Commission (1996) on Aboriginal peoples in the Athabasca Tar Sands Region.<br /><br />The Present…..2015.<br />Environmentally, it’s impact is already a disaster, a slow motion that is contaminating the basin of one of the largest river systems on this planet. <br />“The river used to be blue. Now it is brown. Nobody can fish or drink from it.The air is bad.”<br />(re: An elder in a Native community along the Athabasca River.) <br />Toxic water-dumped into huge ponds, where eventually will be leaching back into the waters courses, and now we are told it is.<br />An area of 54,000 square miles, vulnerable and being devastated, roughly centred on the boom town of Fort McMurray, Alberta. <br />Investors and our Federal government call this progress.!John Fefchaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070977933232664642.post-89552339803333014692015-01-16T11:55:15.873-06:002015-01-16T11:55:15.873-06:00Ever wonder what is taking place in Alberta with t...Ever wonder what is taking place in Alberta with the Oil Sands and what it is doing<br />to the environment.?.........Take a few minutes...have a look.<br />John.<br /><br /><br />http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-destructive-canada-oil-sands-2012-10?op=1<br />John Fefchaknoreply@blogger.com