The Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Program, which will allow two pipes from Alberta to Kitimat, BC, is strong opposed by inhabitants from First Nation. Because they claim that the program triggers environmental problems and hurts the biodiversity and conventions. This external environment (the protest from the First Nation people) sets blocks to the economical development in the area.
According to the oppositions from First Nation inhabitants, the official government lists five conditions (1)and emphasizes that “World-leading marine oil spill response, prevention and recovery systems” will effectively prevent potential danger, like oil spilling, from happening. However, based on previous oil spilling accident that occurred years ago, I don’t think they can be responsible for the the further nature destructions. Who will trust them due to the previous accident???
The official government also points out several benefits of the program（2）, which are seemingly reasonable. Even though the pipeline program can facilitates the economical boom in the area and provide huge benefits and better infrastructure and even better education to the First Nations people, I don’t think it is reasonable for them to accept the conditions.
The huge benefits are unsustainable because they need to sacrifice their natural resources, which can not be replaced in a short time. What’s more, the better infrastructure and education may assimilate their conventional cultures to the modern ones, which is like a potential danger of their conventional culture.
Based on all these factors, the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Program has a long way to go to convince the people from First Nation to cooperate with them.
Source:
(1)http://www.gatewayfacts.ca/Five-Conditions.aspx
(2）http://www.gatewayfacts.ca/Benefits/Benefits-To-BC.aspx