EDITORIAL – Illegal anti-pipeline protests run risk of stirring up racism
Lt.-Gov Janet Austin delivers Throne Speech. (Image: Screenshot)
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger.
THE THRONE SPEECH yesterday was more than a nothing burger — to borrow from a trend in meat-like products these days, it was a beyond-nothing burger.
Doesn’t matter; it was over-shadowed by the pipeline protesters outside the Ledge anyway.
When I wrote a few days ago that it’s time to put a stop to protests, I was talking about the Trans Mountain pipeline and the fact it’s a done deal.
Since then, protests against the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline project have exploded. There was even one near TRU where traffic was held up for a short time.
Mel Rothenburger is a former mayor of Kamloops and newspaper editor. He writes five commentaries a week for CFJC Today, publishes the ArmchairMayor.ca opinion website, and is a director on the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board. He can be reached at mrothenburger@armchairmayor.ca.
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It might be worthwhile looking back at the account of the shooting of Dudley George at Ipperwash Provincial Park, Ontario in 1995.
According to an on-line news article, the shooter of Dudley George died in a motor vehicle incident the following year. Some called it a result of “bad karma”.
Let us hope that history can teach us something and these present situations will not escalate.
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