‘They actively fight any proposal to build pipelines to convey that oil more cheaply and/or efficiently, to the extent of funding lobbyists to block legislation, and paying for activists (e.g. local tribes that refuse to allow pipelines to cross their land) to come together and work to stop such proposals. There have been unconfirmed rumors that subsidies have even been paid to environmental activists who actively sabotage (i.e. commit crimes against) such construction efforts. The railway companies are trying to protect their profits. They don’t really give a damn about the needs of the country or its residents.’
After reading this it reminded me of a documentary I watched recently titled “Yintah”. which chronicles the protest of several Canadian Oil Pipeline projects by a handful of local Indian tribes with the primary one being the Wet’suwet’en First Nation.
The documentary is very well done overall with a high production value and excellent editing. The Director uses footage from both embedded journalist and protester’s phones to show what appears to be at least, the unjust and illegal actions of not only the oil and gas corporations but also the Canadian Government and their lapdog henchmen, the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police).
But in retrospect now, after reading BRM’s comments above on ‘The Railroad Mafia’, I am prompted to look at this documentary in another light altogether.
Is it possible that these tribes were paid-off by the Railway Companies to hinder/harass/sabotage the construction of these pipelines?
You must admit, on the surface, the Tribes have a stronger legitimacy than your standard eco-protester loony who just wants to “protect the environment.” By that I mean they have a long history and legal precedence as to their rights to the unceded land.
To Qualify this, at the end of the documentary it states that the Coastal Gas Pipeline was finally completed, despite the protest, with ‘only’ a $10.5 Billion dollar Overage!
So ultimately you have to ask yourself: Was this documentary just a really slick piece of propaganda in the quest by the Railroad Mafia to sabotage and bankrupt their competition, the Oil and Gas pipelines?
Just goes to show you always need to consider EVERY angle and ask that age old question: Cui Bono?
