By Andrew Chernoff    August 28, 2013

The Kamloops Daily News in today’s editorial discusses the importance of the provinces achieving a positive “all together now” and putting all in for approving the pipeline projects currently before them and the Federal government.

As long as some provinces continue not being onboard, the editorial claims “Canada isn’t getting the biggest bang for its oil”.

The Canadian consumer has never and will never get the “biggest bang for its oil” and will be subjected to high prices for gas and oil, as long as the status quo of how decisions are made by our federal and provincial governments continues.

Canadians have seen what extensive lobbying by multinationals in the oil business, and successful lining of politician pockets with money and other favors, have done for Canada for tens of decades.

With all the trade agreement negotiation going on, such as CETA, TPP, ASEAN, Canadian sovereignty and its resources are threatened more now than ever, with the biggest consequence of the impact to our sovereignty and resources being benefit to Canada less and less, multinationals more and more.

These major projects could create tremendous wealth for Canada but not with Federal and Provincial governments and elected politicians that put their personal political interests and electability ahead of the wishes of the majority of Canadians.

The interests of multinationals threaten to continue to imperialise the Canadian environment and our resources through trade agreements that are being negotiated in secret and which Canadians from coast to coast to coast have no chance voting on.

The pipeline projects must not be subjected in the same way.

The approval of these pipeline projects should depend solely on a vote of Canadians; of Canadians taking into consideration the environment and their impact on communities, not on politicians.

To have Canadians vote though, just might derail the plans of the one per-cent, that want no part of the desire of the majority of Canadians, especially if the majority of Canadians have a problem with their trade agreement and pipeline plans.

As we have seen with the Senate Scandal and the policies and actions of the Harper government, can our politicians really be trusted?

Does the Kamloops Daily News have the courage to advocate for Canadians making the decision on pipeline projects?

Does the Kamloops Daily News trust Canadians to make the proper decision on pipeline projects based on environmental and other impacts on communities, and not on the word of our politicians?

I am ready and able. How about everyone else?