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‘Anti-petroleum’ movement a growing security threat to Canada, RCMP say

by centrinoblue on 2/17/15, 4:17 PM with 31 comments

  • by huxley on 2/17/15, 5:13 PM

    "The government has tabled Bill C-51, which provides greater power to the security agencies to collect information on and disrupt the activities of suspected terrorist groups."

    FYI for any Americans reading this, when a bill is tabled in Canada, it means the opposite of what you think it does, the bill is put forward for discussion rather than suspending discussion indefinitely.

  • by fredleblanc on 2/17/15, 5:09 PM

    > “There is a growing, highly organized and well-financed anti-Canada petroleum movement that consists of peaceful activists, militants and violent extremists who are opposed to society’s reliance on fossil fuels,”

    Anti-Canada petroleum movement, or Canadian anti-petroleum movement? This doesn't seem like an accidental word re-arrangement.

  • by badsock on 2/17/15, 5:17 PM

    There's an election coming up. The terrorism boogeyman has been so expedient in America that the Conservative Party is trying to invent a similar threat.

  • by screwedup on 2/17/15, 5:04 PM

    ".. concludes the report which is stamped “protected/Canadian eyes only”

    I smell a Canadexploitation ripoff of James Bond...

  • by wavefunction on 2/17/15, 6:02 PM

    There's a simple solution to this supposed "anti-Canada" activity and it's for Canada to build the pipeline over to British Columbia. Then y'all won't have to worry about dealing with US "anti-petroleum forces" and we won't have to worry about your oil spilling on our land on its way to China.

  • by oxryly1 on 2/17/15, 7:00 PM

    Anyone else catch how activity these groups engage in "jeopardizes [...] the natural environment"?

    Sweet, sweet irony.

  • by ck2 on 2/17/15, 6:00 PM

    Isn't Canada also being crushed by Saudi dumping cheap oil?

    Pretty sure that is a bigger threat to them than protesters.

    When exactly did the US and Canada turn into primary exporters of expensive oil, crazy times.

  • by api on 2/17/15, 5:22 PM