With the oil and gas debate receiving a burst of attention this week thanks to Dan Miller’s intercession to the debate, the nay side of the issue seems to be mobilizing with a rapid pace.
Thursday’s paper featured the response to potential development in the negative from the Haida and later on in that same edition, Des Nobel’s provided his observations on the issue in the form of a letter to the editor.
In it, Mr. Nobel’s outlines his thoughts on Mayor Herb Pond’s recent ruminations on the topic of oil and gas development on the North Coast.
Letter to the Editor
Prince Rupert Daily News
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Page four
Northerners do not want oil
To the editor,
Regarding your Sept. 22 story, Pond claims to speak for the North on tankers, pipeline, I was disappointed though not surprised to read Mayor Pond’s comments regarding tankers on the West Coast and his belief that he is a voice for the north.
I don’t recall any consultation conducted by Mayor Pond regarding this issue and had he done so, I believer he would have heard many voices differing from his own.
The Priddle Report of October 2004 found 75 percent of B. C. residents opposed to the lifting of the moratorium on West Coast tankers.
The people of this region place a high value on their environment and the life that exists within it. Time and again they have demonstrated their opposition to projects that threaten the environment and I believe they will continue to do so.
To state the “opposition to these projects is driven by Southern B. C. environmental groups,” is naive and only highlights the lack of understanding these mayors have of the people of northern B. C.
As a northern resident of many years, my views are quite different than that of the three mayors, I also have a voice and would prefer to speak for myself.
Des Nobels
Thursday’s paper featured the response to potential development in the negative from the Haida and later on in that same edition, Des Nobel’s provided his observations on the issue in the form of a letter to the editor.
In it, Mr. Nobel’s outlines his thoughts on Mayor Herb Pond’s recent ruminations on the topic of oil and gas development on the North Coast.
Letter to the Editor
Prince Rupert Daily News
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Page four
Northerners do not want oil
To the editor,
Regarding your Sept. 22 story, Pond claims to speak for the North on tankers, pipeline, I was disappointed though not surprised to read Mayor Pond’s comments regarding tankers on the West Coast and his belief that he is a voice for the north.
I don’t recall any consultation conducted by Mayor Pond regarding this issue and had he done so, I believer he would have heard many voices differing from his own.
The Priddle Report of October 2004 found 75 percent of B. C. residents opposed to the lifting of the moratorium on West Coast tankers.
The people of this region place a high value on their environment and the life that exists within it. Time and again they have demonstrated their opposition to projects that threaten the environment and I believe they will continue to do so.
To state the “opposition to these projects is driven by Southern B. C. environmental groups,” is naive and only highlights the lack of understanding these mayors have of the people of northern B. C.
As a northern resident of many years, my views are quite different than that of the three mayors, I also have a voice and would prefer to speak for myself.
Des Nobels
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