In Small Canadian Town Democracy Wins, Tar Sands Loses

[Judi Lynn]

Published on Monday, April 14, 2014 by Common Dreams

In Small Canadian Town Democracy Wins, Tar Sands Loses

Kitimat, British Columbia's 'no' vote follows widespread opposition to Northern Gatway

- Andrea Germanos, staff writer

In a vote cheered as a victory for democracy, one community in British Columbia has given a flat rejection to a proposed tar sands pipeline.

Over 58 percent of voters who headed to the polls in the North Coast municipality of Kitimat on Saturday said "no" to Enbridge's Northern Gateway project.

That project would include a pipeline to carry tar sands crude from near Edmonton, Alberta to Kitimat.

CBC News reports that

Kitimat is the community most affected by the $6.5-billion project, because as the endpoint for the pipeline bringing bitumen from Alberta, it would house a marine terminal where the supertankers would load up.

"The people have spoken. That’s what we wanted — it’s a democratic process," Kitimat Mayor Joanne Monaghan said in a statement following the vote. "We’ll be talking about this Monday night at Council, and then we’ll go from there with whatever Council decides."

More:
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/14-4

[Demeter]

1. Good luck making it stick

somehow, dollars overcome numbers...when Koch's on the line.