Why do Canadians have to pay for mitigation and compensation?

Northern Gateway decision to be based on science, not politics – unless there is no science

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/northern-gateway-decision-based-science-not-politics-unless-213258505.html



The whole scenario with regard to science playing a part in the Northern Gateway and Keystone pipelines is a farce and intended to force the project through. The Conservatives have stacked the cards in favour of Enbridge by cutting financing of science and ridiculing the Environmental Agencies as well as anyone who has legitimate concerns that there is danger of environmental damage.

"More ominously, a memo by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), suggests it's mainly looking at how to minimize the risk of a bitumen spill in the sensitive coastal waters and along the pipeline route, and deal with it through "appropriate mitigation and compensation measures."

Documents filed with the National Energy Board suggest DFO seems to have resigned itself to the National Energy Board approving the project, a key part of the Conservative government's policy of diversifying markets for Canadian energy."

I, for one, am fed up with the Conservatives "Save a Million, Spend a Billion" Policies