| Pipelines Blatantly Unsafe | 24 November 14 |
The Canadian government is reducing the responsibility of energy companies in Canada. The liability cap was raised for all energy industry sectors – oil and nuclear capped at $1 Billion. But is capped. This means that without due recourse in the event of a spill or a nuclear meltdown – the energy industry now knows that any liability for any clean up after an accident will end at the $1 Billion mark. Where an oil spill or leak, or nuclear disaster is a multi years clean up process it means that provinces and municipalities will end up on the hook for clean up costs. Taxpayers will end up footing the bill and not the companies and the executives who are making the decisions and putting human life and whole ecosystems at risk. Bill C-22 is a further protection of the oil, gas and nuclear industries by the Harper government. The number of pipeline spills occurring every month and week in Canada, the current level of problems facing the Northern Gateway pipeline and the lack of compliance with preventative measures by the oil and gas industries, we are left wondering who is writing these bills.
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