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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p><b><big> Please
consider sending this to your local newspapers or
media or friends and neighbours. Norah <br>
</big></b></o:p></span></p>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/maryam-adrangi/enbridge_b_1699718.html">www.huffingtonpost.ca/maryam-adrangi/enbridge_b_1699718.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">What Enbridge Doesn't
Want Ontarians to Know<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p>Tar sands oil may soon be pumping through an Ontario
pipeline near you. If you didn't know, it is likely
because Enbridge doesn't want you to know that they are
bringing the Kalamazoo disaster to your home province. It
is called Line 9, and is part of the same Enbridge
pipeline network as the pipe that spilled well over a
million barrels of oil in 2010 into the Kalamazoo River.
The U.S. National Transportation and Safety Board <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mobile.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBRE8691AC20120710?irpc=932"
target="_hplink"> investigated</a> Enbridge's handling
of the spill, citing two dozen safety violations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The investigation showed that Enbridge knew that the 40
year old pipeline could use some work on numerous cracks
and corroded areas to make it safer and less likely to
fracture, yet there were no attempts to fix the pipeline.
They also underestimated their "worst case scenario" by
claiming that a spill would be noticed and shut down after
eight minutes. When a spill actually happened, we saw that
it took the large, wealthy pipeline company over 15 hours
to react.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The pipeline that fractured in Kalamazoo connects to Line
9 when it passes through the Windsor-Quebec City corridor,
the most densely populated area in Canada. But communities
along this pipeline are not being informed or asked if
they are okay with it. In fact, the National Energy Board
will be making a decision on phase one of the project,
which is to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://hamiltoncatch.org/view_article.php?id=1079"
target="_hplink">bring</a> a corrosive tar
sands-chemical mixture known as dilbit from Sarnia to a
refinery outside of Hamilton, no later than August 20th.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Dilbit is more corrosive than conventional crude given
the temperatures needed for transport and its acidic
nature, and a joint fact sheet put out by several
environmental groups <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ddroitsch/a_decision_being_made_by.html"
target="_hplink"> describes</a> the flow through a
pipeline as "fast, hot, and toxic liquid sandpaper." But
again, most people do not know about it, and grassroots
and environmental groups have taken on the responsibility
of informing neighbours and those at risk.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>And whether or not you are directly on the route of the
pipeline, a fracture could still impact you since it
crosses major rivers and water systems. A spill could
devastate the Grand River Basin, Lake Ontario, and the St.
Lawrence River -- just to name a few. If you are served by
one of these large water sources, you may expect
cancer-causing toxins to enter with a spill, potentially
evacuation of your home, and several years of cleanup
without full restoration to pre-spill conditions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It is going largely unnoticed that Enbridge's failure in
Kalamazoo may very well be repeated just across the
border. Water, land, air, and ecosystems know no borders.
Unfortunately, neither do human error, corporate
irresponsibility, lack of government environmental
regulation and proper consultation with communities
opposing these projects. People are piping up and
opposition is growing in many communities near Line 9's
right-of-way including Six Nations, Aamjiwnaang, Sarnia,
Hamilton, London, Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, Toronto,
Montreal, Dunham, and others.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>And why wouldn't these communities be piping up? They
will be facing all the risks, with little (if any)
consultation, while Enbridge profits. When there is a
spill, these communities will have to face the
consequences and Enbridge may (or may not) get a slap on
the wrist. For the Kalamazoo spill, the company was <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2012/07/enbridge_oil_spill_links_1.html"
target="_hplink"> fined</a> a measly $3.22 per gallon of
oil spilled. We pay the true costs to our health and our
communities.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We may even be forced to pay for it out of our wallets.
Enbridge carries only enough insurance to <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://thetyee.ca/News/2012/06/05/Gateway-Oil-Spill-Insurance/"
target="_hplink"> cover</a> $575 million in damages,
well below the costs of clean-up for the Kalamazoo spill.
Who pays for the rest? In the age of austerity when there
are rallies across the country against rising tuition fees
and Harper's cuts to health care, we are similarly seeing
$1.4 billion dollars in subsidies <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/09/canada-cuts-environment-spending"
target="_hplink"> going</a> to the oil and gas sector
and industry executives getting large pay raises --
including Enbridge's CEO and 12 directors.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Alternatively, some of us may like to see this money,
particularly the subsidies, going to cutting our addiction
to fossil fuels through investing in public transit and
building retrofits. With more affordable public transit,
there could be more transit routes and the capacity to
operate for longer hours. This means not only less cars,
but also that those employed in shift work and out of the
regular nine-to-five would be able to get to work more
easily. This is a clear shift towards healthier cities and
respecting all types of work that allow our cities and
communities to function -- not just focussing on the jobs
in northern Alberta and temporary jobs for pipeline
construction.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Governments can continue to talk about deficits and
budget cuts, but while they wonder where their money is
going, our communities face the risk of corporate
mismanagement. So where is the contingency budget for
taking the cancer out of our water, the asthma out of our
air? It doesn't cost that much to respect people's right
to say "no" does it?<o:p></o:p></p>
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