{"id":50,"date":"2011-11-23T14:18:05","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T21:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/?p=50"},"modified":"2011-11-24T22:19:05","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T05:19:05","slug":"stance-on-pipeline-project-in-municipal-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/2011\/11\/23\/stance-on-pipeline-project-in-municipal-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Stance on Pipeline Project in Municipal Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cStated positions on pipeline project factored into municipal elections\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Vancouver Sun Newspaper, by Derrick Penner, November 22, 2011<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Canadian juggernaut, Ensbridge Inc, may enjoy international renown as a North American leader in providing energy, but during the recent municipal elections in Northern British Columbia, Ensbridge faced energy of a different sort when the electorate forced nominees to publicly state their position on the (widely opposed) proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project.<br \/>\nWhile the projected route of the project is technically outside the authority of municipalities, candidates\u2019 stated viewpoints on the project played a part in election results, both in Smithers and Terrace.\u00a0 Opposition to the project was dangled as a carrot by some candidates, while others chose to remain tight lipped to their ultimate downfall.\u00a0 In Smithers, incumbent Mayor Cress Farrow was defeated after choosing an impartial stance, while in Terrace, Mayor-Elect Taylor Bachrach swept to power after public stating his opposition.\u00a0 In an era where the \u201ceveryday citizen\u201d may sometimes feel a lack of power, there is something quite appetizing about this story.\u00a0 Democracy and freedom of speech at work in Northern BC, where the power of the people\u2019s voice rang loud and clear and politicians had no choice but to do their bidding.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cStated positions on pipeline project factored into municipal elections\u201d The Vancouver Sun Newspaper, by Derrick Penner, November 22, 2011 &nbsp; Canadian juggernaut, Ensbridge Inc, may enjoy international renown as a North American leader in providing energy, but during the recent municipal elections in Northern British Columbia, Ensbridge faced energy of a different sort when the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8329,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8329"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}