Oh come on! The only real concern she raised was that she wanted to get paid in order to approve the pipeline. All the rest of her platform are just words blowing in the wind. Enbridge will tell us anything we want to hear in order to get this pipeline thru. The only real way to keep them honest is to have them post a one billion dollar contingency fee in case of a spill. At least then they can't just do a quickie clean-up and wash their hands of it.

So what then is an unpopular premier, leading an unpopular government backing an unpopular project to do? Of course, she has to pretend she is opposed to it.

Quoted from Toronto Sun - Lorne Gunter and it's right on the mark
Enough said!

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/07/24/pipeline-posturing-just-political-t...

I don't think that I've ever seen a more inept premier in BC, and I've been here since the early 1970s. It's (almost) comical. Where does this person get her advice ... and does she listen?

Position #1: We won't take a position on Northern Gateway until we've seen the results of the National Energy Board hearings. Period.

Position #2: We want more money out of the Northern Gateway project. If we don't get more money, we'll kill the project. Period.

Position #3: We don't have enough information to decide if the benefits (whatever they are) are worth the risks (whatever they are). But we know that we want more money. Period.

(Meanhile, she seems to be ignoring the fact that Enbridge is running around, throwing bundles of cash at First Nations, in the hope of buying their support. Has anybody from the government asked Enbridge to throw a few bundles of cash in the direction of Victoria?)

When it comes to Clark, I'm reminded of Red Green's signature line (modified): "If the voters don't find you handsome, they should at least find you smart."

Gateway can't happen only the selfish and ignorant see it as a possibility . Fossel fuel / hydrocarbons are killing us in a exponecial rate in many ways . We need to find alternatives by investing in these alternative ideas of which there are many .

I'm looking forward to seeing this sad Premiere walking out of the legislature for the last time.

If Campbell was at the helm I'd vote for him again (3 times the majority of BCers voted him a majority!). I liked him for the Climate Change Plan and Air Action Plan that he entrenched in *law* (only N.A. jurisdiction to do so).

Christy's seriously floundering now and looking for anything that will float her boat.

BC's premier is an inept light weight, a lot like the rest of the protest-people who are weak minded and bought.

My concern if it becomes an election issue a. The Liberal will ram it through before the election making it legally impossible to back out of and b. even if they don't the NDP will get in power will continue the process in their own way.

Anyone who thinks the NDP will put a halt to the pipeline once they are in power is living in la-la land.

I never liked Cristy, I still don't and never will...But if what we need is Her to stop the pipeline from being built, I'm all up for it.

my wife who works with the first nations - notes that all this is political posturing. The pipeline is dead, because the first nations will never allow it. They can tie up the courts for decades. In any case most British Columbians see little benefit, but lots of risk to fiheries & tourism jobs and our pristine environment. Redfords response only adds to the opposition. Theres a lot of comments by Alberta posters who say Alta should block BC natural gas pipeline. Laughable really when most of that is going to up to Ft. McMurray to process the bitumen.

No Royalties. Just charge them the same co2 tax that we all pay on fossil fuels (which is due to increase) on every barrel shipped through. And yes like Rob S. says above have them post a billion dollar bond, for cleanup contingency - when it happens.