[All] Fw: Mi'kmaq Landclaims, Oil Prices, NEB and CPPIB

[water.lulu at yahoo.ca]

Just sent this off. It's been busy but this has lots of good stuff in it. Check it out . 
Lulu :0)

     
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 Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 2:37 PM
 Subject: Mi'kmaq Landclaims, Oil Prices, NEB and CPPIB
   

The Mi'kmaq are asking to have the land claims recognized by the Canadian Government in New Brunswick because right now, there are plans for Fracking, plans to drill for oil in the St. Lawrence River, a plan to build a hydro dam at Muskrat Falls that will result in Mercury poisoning of the waters. Mercury is in the trees and the company doesn't want to clear the land of trees before they flood the area so this will poison the water unless they do the job right. The MI'kmaq and innu are demanding they do the job right to protect both the fish and human life. 
They are burning Tar Sands Petcoke to generate power in areas of New Brunswick and this is already resulting in increased issues of cancers and deaths in the province. The burning of coal and petcoke is resulting in acid rain so now they want to dump lyme in the rivers to change the acidity but this could kill off other fish and food eaten by fish. They also want to ramp up fish farms to grow BC salmon and genetically modified salmon which puts the area's Atlantic Salmon at risk. 
Irving wants to expand oil refineries and Tar Sands shipments in St. John's New Brunswick and they are the ones behind the Energy East Pipeline. Even they admit if they build Energy East it won't slow the rate of oil coming in from Saudi. They are locked into long term contracts to take in that oil.  http://business.financialpost.com/news/energy/irving-oils-president-says-it-would-keep-saudi-imports-even-if-energy-east-goes-ahead
So in response, the Mi'kmaq are preparing to take legal action to defend the whole thing: the water, fish and air in order to protect human lives by way of the land claim. This basically means Canada would have to consult with them to get approvals for these projects. At this time in theory if Canada says no it may be subject to threats by NAFTA. Since the First Nation's communities did not sign that agreement we retain the legal right to say no  supported with our international treaties and the UN Rights of Indigenous People. These lands have always been Mi'kmaq owned. These matters reflect many of the same concerns being aired at the Chippewas of the Thames Supreme Court process. Here is info on the Mi'kmaq land claim issue: 
http://globalnews.ca/news/3057843/mikmaq-first-nation-files-land-claim-for-vast-portion-of-new-brunswick/


I filed an economic report with the Ontario Security Exchange regarding RBC and Imperial Oil's climate fraud and that case went to both to Montreal SEC and Alberta SEC and it's getting traction. I just relayed a copy of the report to TD Bank's Ethics Point Whisteblower program too. The issue is easy enough to describe with the three photos below. The cost recovery of Tar Sands production is $70 per barrel. The actual value per barrel we're getting now for Tar Sands, (WCS oil) is only $27.65 per barrel. Third photo shows it is cheaper to leave the oil in the ground than it is to take it out.  





Newly elected Donald Trump is probably going to kill oil faster than anyone else if Keystone XL and fracking  promises happen. With the oil glut if he produces more oil, the price are likely to fall further. killing the profit margins. The price point doesn't ad up anymore to make it work and electric cars will be cheaper than gas cars by 2025 according to international industry reports. Many nations and US states are banning the sale of combustion engine cars by 2025. 

As for Dakota Access Pipeline, the permit for that project expires in Jan 2017. The economics won't support a new  application and the current one is based on price projections taken in 2014 before the price of oil fell.  Trump can't save oil because oil is already economically dead.
Lately CSIS was in the news for having gathered data on innocent people for over a decade.... including me. I was a delegate of the Line 9 process and I used Freedom of Info to secure all documents referencing my person. The response was over 1001 pages long with many pages blacked out and/or redacted. The NEB was used to gather data via a "media monitoring program" which was data gathered that could never actually be reviewed by the Board itself. The Board only has judicial power to examine evidence for the sake of decisions. So why was this happening through the NEB and who funded it? To this day I don't have any answers about that. 
I don't know if was spied on for being delegate of the NEB process or because I was a Metis delegate. Either way,  it was without warrant or just cause and now thanks to the help of the Courts and Minister Ralph Goodale it seems they are working on undoing that  mess which is good to see. I thank you for that. Here is an article about this: 

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-friday-edition-1.3836836/ralph-goodale-makes-no-excuse-for-csis-metadata-breach-promises-action-1.3836839
With the Harper Government, both citizens and the public were captured in a horrible net of bad policies.  I never did blame CSIS or the police for their inability to help me because I could see they were just as procedurally powerless as me.  I spoke with their staff many times via email and on the phone about my personal experiences at the NEB and trying to make sense of the non compliant engineering and lack of permits.  I had evidence that Enbridge was violating safety codes and every branch of government I went to, they were hogtied procedurally speaking because they don't have power to enforce or to intervene with NEB decisions. Stephen Harper gave himself the power to veto  NEB decisions with the Omnibus bill and he made sweeping changes without replacing policy or justifying his actions. It lacks fiscal prudence, regard for science and common sense. The staff were just as frustrated as me really because they had no policies to justify their actions and so I hold no personal malice against them.  It was simply poor leadership and lack of reasonable policy that resulted in these outrageous abuse of process. 

The Liberal Government is now assessing the laws of the NEB. With this new process we can revise the system to have regard for Treaty Rights and the UN Declaration of Rights of Indigenous People. We can put into place greater judicial prudence, fiscal prudence and set proper engineering standards to mitigate risk. We can demand that alternative energy supplies be considered to meet needs instead of simply relying on oil as the only possible method to power things. We need to see the price points of different energy types, not just oil when planning the future of our national energy. We need the Provinces to meet to discuss their vision of energy needs and how those demands will be met and include First Nation's into that process as well so we can plan collaborative solutions that will provide mutual benefit and protection of life.  We have to realistically address the fact that oil is globally being phased out because if we don't transition, our investments, endowments and sovereignty funds as well as pensions are all at risk. 
Here is the website to give feedback regarding the NEB policies.  I encourage everybody to spread the word and have a say on this. http://www.neb-modernization.ca/participate
Canada Pension Plan Investment Bureau needs the option to revisit long term agreements annually to address the reality of how swiftly the world is divesting from oil. We need the right to opt out and we need investment models with 2-5 year windows with smaller loans to support investments in small business, green energy and to help First Nation's communities access clean water and safe infrastructure  to assure healthy homes, healthy schools and healthy communities in line with Provincial standards. We must protect human lives equally and the funding is there in CPPIB. We have a pool of 278 Billion in Canada Pension Plan investment money to work with but currently less than 20% is being invested inside Canada. It's time we change this model and work Nation to Nation with First Nation's to meet the needs. Right now we are using those funds to purchase toll roads in South America and shopping malls in Asia. In my view, I'd rather see investments in green infrastructure here in Canada, in partnership with First Nations communities so they can secure energy independence and cost savings to support their communities while we offset illness costs of smog at the municipal and provincial levels. Any investments to secure clean air is an investment on the health and well being of all Canadians and First Nation's people. It's a smart investment to make and a logical one if we want to meet up with our Paris Accord agreements. We have the money. What we need is the political will to use it for the greater good. 
We are making big progress very swiftly and I want to thank the Liberal government for that.  
I also ask the Government of Canada for support to respect the land claims of the MI'kmaq, the Chippewas of the Thames and other First Nations communities in order to assure compliance to Treaty Rights, Charter Rights and the Canadian Constitution as well as the protection of the water, the air and environment and all it's beings. These sacred laws we call Treaties are designed to protect life. It is my hope we can all support them together.  
Wela'lin/ Miigwetch/ Thank you.  
Yours in good faith, 

Louisette Lanteigne700 Star Flower Ave. Waterloo ONN2V 2L2 

   
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