The post ‘There will be no pipeline’ in The Vancouver Sun called my attention because something similar happens in my country , Ecuador. The article mentions a tension going on between Endbridge and the First Nations. The company is planning the construction of its Northern Gateway pipeline in 2015 to extract the oil from an area which is owned in part by the Yinka Dene Alliance. The group of six First Nations opposes to this project claiming that a spill would be a tragedy for their communities since most of their food comes from the Nak’al Koh River and that the waterways form an “important physical and spiritual presence.” Even if the project could benefit the community, the Nak’azdli think they should not risk their land.

In my opinion, companies should always respect and prioritize the well being of the society, they should not menace it. Even if the probabilities of a rupture is very small, the Yinka Dene Alliance is not happy with their project and Endbridge should now try to come to an agreement with them. Endbridge in this case, did not analyze carefully the externals factors before taking a decision and now their company may not be able to complete their project having wasted their money and time.

References

BlackburnNews.com. (2014, October 10). [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2014/10/10/enbridge-pipeline-setback/

Hoekstra, G. (2014, August 16). There will be no pipeline. Retrieved October 5, 2014, from http://www.vancouversun.com/news/There+will+pipeline/10122968/story.html

St. John’s Cathedral. (2012, May). [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://http://stjohnscathedral.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/yinka-dene.png