bcbusiness.ca december 2014 BCBusiness 37
CANADA'S
PIPELINE
DIALOGUE
Two of Canada's leading business magazines,
BCBusiness and Alberta Venture, have teamed up
to deliver a thoughtful, thorough review of a matter
of national importance: pipelines
HE DISCUSSION IN THIS COUNTRY
around pipelines often seems to come down to a "for" or
"against" vote. The complexity of the relationship between
pipelines and Canada's economic, social and environmen-
tal well-being is too often drowned out by shouting on either
side, with the opinions and concerns of a silent majority lost
in the cacophony.
So BCBusiness and Alberta Venture sent reporters and photographers
far and wide in our two provinces to get behind the headlines and tell the
true, nuanced stories. We've considered the current state of provincial
politics, the growing need for aboriginal involvement and the compet-
ing perspectives of Kamloops and Burnaby with respect to Kinder
Morgan's Trans Mountain Pipeline. We sent two reporters and a photog-
rapher along the path of Northern Gateway, from Bruderheim, Alberta,
to Kitimat, B.C., to report the opinion of people on the ground. We even
engaged pollsters to delve into the opinions of people living in the two
provinces. The most surprising finding? Most people in both provinces
do not want to sacrifice the environment for economic gain.
We hope the stories in this package, and the further coverage to be
found online at BCBusiness.ca/pipelines, will help balance the discussion
and point a way forward.
IllustratIon BY MIchael BYers
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For more debate and
dialogue, visit
BCBusiness.ca/
pipelines
