ACTIVIST CLAIM: Foreign funded Stand.earth launches campaign to harass AIG executives over insuring Trans Mountain and claiming the violation of Indigenous rights.
THE FACTS: Most Indigenous communities along the route support the project which will help lower emissions, yet activists paternalistically claim they know best for Indigenous Peoples.
THE SOURCES:
Flood the phone lines: AIG must drop Trans Mountain
Here’s some facts and sources to have a reasoned conversation about TMX:
- 120 of the 129 communities along the path either support the project or do not oppose it and 73 Indigenous groups have signed benefits agreements.
https://www.transmountain.com/indigenous-benefits - This study from Navius Research shows that Trans Mountain can help lower global emissions by 1,600,000 tonnes instead of being the climate catastrophe they claim.
https://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/050/documents/p80061/115457E.pdf - TMX is also a mixed service pipeline that transports refined petroleum products like gasoline which represent 36% of B.C.’s end-use energy demand. Keeping adequate supply of energy is important to prevent energy crises.
https://www.transmountain.com/project-overview /
- Stand.earth was ruled in the Alberta Inquiry to be a recipient of foreign funding in relation to Alberta Resource Development Opposition
https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/3176fd2d-670b-4c4a-b8a7-07383ae43743/resource/a55810a9-e83d-4ae8-b39f-1debc26b203f/download/energy-report-public-inquiry-anti-alberta-energy-campaigns-deloitte-sched-10-alberta-resource-de.pdf
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