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I wonder if we could be looking at an NDP Renaissance hopefully soon overall fingers crossed

I hope so. If BC elects the NDP it could boost the profile of the federal party, not to mention some other provinces in their upcoming elections. I’ve seen a lot of anger towards Brad Wall’s government in Saskatchewan (and the only other party with enough support to form government is the NDP), and in Ontario the Liberals are floundering in the polls. I’ve seen the NDP gaining positive impressions in some of Atlantic Canada too. 

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Yes, I’m aware. There’s also been some activism to do the same in Canada. Its not just TD; RBC and Scotiabank are also investors in that pipeline.

For those curious here are the Canadian banks that are investing into the Dakota Access Pipeline:

TD Securities is directly financing $365 million toward the construction of the DAPL and, additionally, the oil and gas infrastructure projects of one of the pipeline’s joint owners, Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners. RBC and Scotiabank are providing $341 million and $100 million respectively toward Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics, another joint owner of the DAPL.

Could their views count as neo liberal than? Or am I using that term wrong? I always thought neo liberal and neo conservative meant the same thing except on where their social/morals lied but lately I think them no better than the conservatives tbh

I would consider many of this government’s policies to fall into the area of neoliberalism.

They were within their right to protest. The points they brought up are valid criticisms. There are a number of areas that the Liberals have been dragging their feet or have repeated regressive policies of the prior Conservative government; many of these policies the government is carrying on are not helpful for youth, so yes I do support them.

I’m hoping that this increase in public pressure, leads to changes in the government, but I’m not entirely optimistic that much will change.

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A group called Green Pac made a list of environmentally conscious MP’s, so the list should be a good one to contact about this issue.

Here’s the list of MP’s:

The following from that list were elected as MP’s:

Francois Coquette (NDP) MP for the Drummond riding in Quebec.

Linda Duncan (NDP) MP for the Edmonton Strathcona riding in Alberta.

Dianne Watts (Conservative) MP for South Surrey - White Rock riding in British Columbia,

Kirsty Duncan (Liberal) MP for Etobicoke North in Ontario.

Romeo Saganash (NDP) MP for Abitibi–Baie-James–Nunavik–Eeyou in Quebec.

Michael Chong (Conservative) MP for Wellington - Halton Hills in Ontario.

Elizabeth May (Green) MP for Saanich - Gulf Islands in British Columbia.

Richard Cannings (NDP) MP for South Okanagan–West Kootenay in British Columbia.

Jim Carr (Liberal) MP for Winnipeg South Centre in Manitoba.

Will Amos (Liberal) MP for Pontiac in Quebec.

Joyce Murray (Liberal) MP for Vancouver Quadra in British Columbia.

Fin Donnelly (NDP) MP for Port Moody - Coquitlam in British Columbia.

Terry Duguid (Liberal) MP for Winnipeg South in Manitoba.

Nathan Cullen (NDP) MP for Skeena - Bulkley Valley in British Columbia.

Yikes. I hadn’t heard that.

Here’s an article from the National Geographic about it

Canada oks use of Corexit for oil spills—Despite What We’ve Learned in the Gulf

Excerpt:

So when Canada’s government approved the use of dispersants in its amended oil-spill response outline last month, environmental advocates were not happy.

“It is sham,” says John Davis, director of ocean-advocacy organization Clean Ocean Action Committee. “[Corexit] doesn’t do anything to clean up an oil spill. It allows the toxicity in the oil to become more biologically available. The last thing you want is for oil to accumulate in the gills of a lobster.”

Before the updated regulations passed, several federal environmental statutes prohibited the use of dispersants to clean up oil spills because of the harm they wreak on wildlife, including the Migratory Birds Convention Act, the Fisheries Act and the ocean disposal provisions of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.