Fox in the henhouse. Alberta tar sands.
The Alberta Government and the Big Oil companies are this transparent.......Really.
Residents of this northern Alberta town oppose a provincial proposal to have the oilsands industry participate in a health study on cancer rates.
Industry members would sit on the oversight committee managing the study, according to the proposal.
Industry controlling all things, It is a big problem in the US too.
Industry doing "studies" that always seem to come out the way they want them to. Odd, that?
Industry writing legislation, Industry in bed with the Government.
Recently one corporation got told to take a hike when they complained that their "studies" were not the only ones used. They will try again, be sure of that. They have gotten away with the intimidation and litigation tactics for far too long.
It's no wonder things are this fucked up.
Since Dr O'Connor sounded the alarm a few years ago about Cancer rates downstream from the most destructive project on earth.
Since then, the Big Oil companies and the Governement of Alberta and the Harpercons have been trying to get this quashed. By hook, or by crook.
Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation said his organization has been working with the Alberta government to assemble a work plan, budget and terms of reference for a health study, but nothing has been formalized.
"They've developed some kind of work schedule," he said. "But then when you look at the team that sits on the health study commission, it's all comprised of representatives from the Alberta government, Health Canada and industry, the majority of them. So when you have two doctors that sit on behalf of the community, well, you know ... that any recommendation that comes forward we're going to be outvoted at the table. So does that work? In my view, it does not work at all."
Nope. It does not work at all. Which is why they are forcing this through.
