Some “charitable” environmental organizations have been messing around with Canada’s environmental regulatory system, and Minister of Environment Peter Kent is not happy. In fact, he’s down right pissed off. Just look at his face. (OK, the rage might be mostly on the inside.)
According to an interview Kent gave to the CBC, foreign interests are “launder[ing] offshore foreign funds” through charitable environmental organizations with the purpose of obstructing controversial projects, such as the Northern Gateway pipeline.
This isn’t the first time the Conservative government has come out swinging against these godless monkeywrenchers. In January, days before the Northern Gateway’s environmental review was launched, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver went on a tirade against “radical” environmental groups “hijack[ing] our regulatory system” to derail any and all development of natural resources.
Money laundering. Hijacking. What will those conniving environmental terrorist activist groups think of next? Running drugs? They’re probably already doing it. Aren’t most of these groups based out of B.C.?
Not to be outdone, the Conservatives’ recent omnibus budget nicely castrates the Environmental Assessment Act. The Boys in the back room up in Ottawa must have had a heyday with this one. “So you foreign funded hippies want to hijack our assessment process, eh? Well suck it. We don’t need no stinking assessments.” Nah. Just let the cabinet — who don’t even roll with a science advisor in their posse — decide when it comes to energy projects. What do those egg-heads at the National Energy Board know anyway? Nothin’ but a bunch of scientist bullshit.
Clearly, the feds have other fish to fry, which is why they’re blasting these changes through. Let’s get those shovels in the ground, boys. Either you’re on this train or you’re getting run down, hoss. Let’s roll.
CBC News