[IPSM] "Prentice tables bill to expand Nahanni park reserve" -- BS Alert!!

Tue Jun 9 21:41:20 PDT 2009

Let's just unpack some of this bullshit and put it out on the table, shall
we?

Good!

Here's the point of all this. The Mackenzie Gas Project will devastate the
Beaufort Delta, ravage the Colville Hills region of the Sahtu, begin a
process of colonial settler population transfers to the Valley where up
until this day there is still a majority of the population Dene. This will
include a highway, and the "temporary" migration of 1000's of workers near
small communities like Wrigley/Pedzheh Kí who currently have populations
of about 200 people.

Why am I ranting about the Mackenzie Gas Project when this is an article
about Nahanni expanding? Because it's really a part of the
CPAWS/CBI/WWF/Duck Fuckers scam to set up the guaranteed construction of
the MGP.

Let's back up. The supposed "enviros" here want to "protect" 50% of the
Boreal Forest (regardless of the fact that this has no basis and is not
feasible; currently far more than that is not developed-- and the earth
doesn't know the difference between a park and a undeveloped area) but
have already surrendered most of this territory-- especially when it comes
to oil, gas, coal, diamonds and more.

The area they are talking about is sacred, and should never be touched.
Except even this pathetically small area (talking about it as "six times
bigger than before" sounds just fricking peachy, don't it? It's a pr scam.
Don't buy it.) has mines that are to operate within the "park". It is
certainly a grand thing, no kidding, that the main waterways are not to be
damaged, or only slightly so. No one disputes that, and to know that this
area is protected better than before is a good thing-- if it were
happening in and of itself.

It's not.

You see, the corporate cabal of CBI/WWF/CPAWS and the Duck Fuckers are
doing this because "the Mackenzie Gas Project can't be stopped". They have
surrendered this pipeline to Imperial and TransCanada, telling us to "make
it green" [sic].

Oh yeah, that other point? It's all about the tar sands baby. Yes, this
gas is supposed to go into the Fort McMurray area-- what will link that
pipe up? Yep! Another pipeline, across unceded sovereign Lubicon
territory, right through what is called by the Nation the "Tear Drop"
traditional lands. Then what will this gas do? Facilitate the tripling of
the tar sands production.

Remember, we are already talking about the largest single industrial
project in the history of humanity. We are talking about tripling this,
and burning all this massive natural gas deposit for the dirtiest "oil"
around.

The Mackenzie River, properly called the Deh Cho, gets 40% of the water in
what is the largest river in the state of Canada from the Athabasca
River-- so contaminated already it is assumed to already be killing people
left right and centre. This water, with three times the contaminants,
would then flow through-- guess where? That's right, the same national
Dene territory that straddles the Nahanni.

This pipeline is being given up for the crumbs of Nahanni and it is being
facilitated and counseled by these so-called "environmentalists"-- each
and every one of them funded through the back door by the Pew Charitable
Trusts-- started by Sunoco money and today run by the same family.

Oh, wait! It's better. These people are now going to send out press
releases "applauding" the expansion of this park, and nary a critical word
nor admission of what back room deals they have been cutting got us to
this place.

The idea that the Mackenzie Gas Project can't be stopped is not only
wrong, it's a lie. It's been stopped before. The united voices and people
of Denendeh blocked this evil pipeline in the 1970's. It's not impossible
to stop-- it even has practical precedent.

These fake enviro liars need to be held accountable-- for with the
displacement of the people of the Valley by settlers Denendeh will never
be the same. And with their hopeless shrugs and tugs to industry, nothing
the "greens" say is worth a whit.

And they also have to explain why the Lubicon do not matter to them. They
need explain why the destruction of the mighty Deh Cho is of no
consequence to them. They also need to cop to the fact that building this
pipeline also means a highway-- that will lead to many mines, uranium
exploration, more and more gas, perhaps even the Sverdrup basin in the
high Arctic going to fuel the dark, death laden tar sands gigaproject. In
other words, the trade of the MGP for the tiny area called "huge" by the
media means _nothing less_ than the full scale industrialization of
Denendeh along the same model as Alberta. They may even try to get an
"offset" for this small park.

But why should they worry about any of this? They aren't even calling for
a moratorium on tar sands- let alone shutting it down. Suncor is a
corporate partner of the Pew-front CBI.

Liars and thieves must be called liars and thieves. There is no option but
the truth.

I only visit the real north. It is the only place I know where the earth
is real, proud and healthy. I have some of the most profound feelings in
the very pit of my stomach standing in parts of the great expanses along
the Deh Cho Valley.

Denendeh must not be sacrificed. It must not die to these liars and
cheats. They will be held responsible-- but first, we must prepare to
fight.

Normally rants make me feel better. Not this time.

--Macdonald

Prentice tables bill to expand Nahanni park reserve
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 | 6:31 PM CT
CBC News

Nahanni National Park Reserve is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for
its pristine watershed and unique rock formations.Nahanni National Park
Reserve is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its pristine watershed
and unique rock formations. (CBC)

Nahanni National Park Reserve in the Northwest Territories would grow to
six times its current size under a bill tabled in Parliament on Tuesday.

Federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice tabled legislation calling for
the park reserve's boundaries to be expanded to encompass 30,000 square
kilometres of land from the current 4,765 square kilometres.

Officials say the enlarged park will be slightly smaller than Vancouver
Island, making Nahanni the third-largest national park in Canada. At
44,807 square kilometres, Wood Buffalo National Park, which straddles the
N.W.T.-Alberta border, is the country's largest national park.

Prentice, the minister responsible for Parks Canada, says the expansion
will cover much of the South Nahanni River watershed and 91 per cent of
the Greater Nahanni Ecosystem.
The park reserve is located in the southwestern corner of the Northwest
Territories. It is primarily accessed by air from Fort Simpson, N.W.T.The
park reserve is located in the southwestern corner of the Northwest
Territories. It is primarily accessed by air from Fort Simpson, N.W.T.
(CBC)

"What's been achieved today is that the entire rivershed, the entire
watershed has been protected," Prentice told reporters in Ottawa Tuesday.

"It is, as we said, really Canada's gift to the world, and it will be
protected as a national park. And it will be something that we will leave
to our children and our grand children, so it is a spectacular day."

The Nahanni National Park Reserve — created in 1972 and officially
designated a park reserve in 1976 — is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known
for its pristine watershed, unique rock formations and as a habitat for
grizzly bears, woodland caribou and Dall’s sheep.

Commercial development is prohibited within its boundaries, although two
mines operate on the outskirts of the current park boundaries. Those mines
will be allowed to stay, but otherwise the area will be off-limits to
development.

Two sport hunting guides who currently operate in the park will be allowed
to stay for 10 years once the new boundaries are established, officials
say.
'We hope the entire watershed will be green'

"There will be no development other than third-party interests that exist
in there, which will eventually diminish with time," Jonas Antoine, a
member of the Nahanni Expansion Working Group, told CBC News.

"You know, sometime in the future we hope the entire watershed will be
green," Antoine said.

The announcement is a big relief to Dene elders who live in the Nahanni
area, said Grand Chief Jerry Antoine of the Dehcho First Nations.

"They're the ones who really, really fought to tell the world that we are
Dene people and that we have a home here, and we have a way of life that
we need to be respected and also recognized," Antoine said.

Western Arctic NDP MP Dennis Bevington said the park expansion is not a
done deal at this time, but he said he hopes it will happen.

"The bill that make the park will now go through a process, including
committee hearing," Bevington said. "I hope that that will be fruitful."

Tuesday's announcement follows a commitment made by Prime Minister Stephen
Harper in August 2007, when he said the government would add 5,400 square
kilometres to the park reserve.

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