My Position On The Northern Gateway Pipeline

Recently in humanities we have been researching and discussing Enbridge's Northern Gateway Pipeline. After reading two articles and watching two videos both for and against the pipeline I have come to my final decision that I am against the pipeline. I say this because overall it would be more of a benefit to Canada if we did not build it. Specifically the initial costs outweigh the benefits of the pipeline, for the construction and operation of the pipeline alone the cost will be 6 billion dollars. Also the lasting costs such as maintenance will be millions yearly. To add to that the pipeline will be transporting the dirtiest, thickest oil in the world from Edmonton to Kitimat, BC. Northern Gateway will send 525,000 barrels of oil a day under one of the most valuable rain forests in Canada. Since the oil is so thick it needs to be diluted with another substance called "condensate", condensate is a dilution mixture that will be sent from the United States to Canada through another pipeline. The Condensate would be another heavy cost. One key argument supporting his position is the environmental impact, if there was a spill it would pollute rainforest, fresh-water bodies, First Nations reserves, farmland, wildlife, livestock and many people ways of lives. I say this because if a spill were to take place the impact would be indescribable. The St. Albert Gazette writes "Enbridge also confirmed it is applying for two separate permits at the hearing, the export pipeline to ship bitumen and the import pipeline to import condensate into Canada. Each pipeline could go ahead separately depending on what the review panel board rules. The $6 billion price tag includes construction and operation of both pipelines." This is why I am against the construction and use of the Northern Gateway Pipeline.

My Silent Reading Novel

At first sight We All Fall Down seems like a child's book with wooden blocks making up the face of the book, but when you begin to read the book you realize that it is an emotional, suspenseful and heart wrenching story of a boy named Will and his father John. Will is on a "take your kid to work day" with his father at his business on the 85th floor of the south tower of the world trade centre. During the early hours of the work day the tower they are working in is unexpectedly attacked when United flight 175 slammed into the side of their tower. They make their way past the blaze where the plane hit, rescued a trapped business woman and they escaped the building just before it collapsed. To sequel We All Fall Down is the second book in the series United We Stand. like We All Fall Down United We Stand is about Will and his father John. It is about their life after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre, the novel also includes their struggles with coping with what they saw and had been through and helping Will's friend who lost his father in the attacks. I would recommend this series to anybody as it has become one of my favourite series.