Currently the Northern Gateway Pipeline project has aroused great controversies within the province and the rest of the country. According to the website that introduces the project in great length, the project is said to be beneficial to the Canadian economy by boosting the country’s GDP and government revenue. Further beneficial factors for the province and the aboriginals were listed on the website, as if to justify the project’s plan to endanger the environment. This is an issue that not only worries the environmentalists but also the First Nations.
Although nowadays, a majority of people are being educated on how important it is for us to cherish the natural environment, there are still businesses out there that would stress the importance of economy over the value of the environment. Is it truly justifiable for companies like the Northern Gateway Pipeline to place a time bomb in the forests that we British Columbians were always proud of? Is it also ethical to watch them place these pipelines near the Aboriginals’ homes?
Based on my biased point of view, the cost of constructing the pipeline is much greater than the profit the project will earn in the unforeseen future.