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Peter Foster: Anti-oil mayors are kings in Naomi Klein World

Montreal mayor Denis Coderre appeared to back off somewhat from his radical opposition to the Energy East pipeline, after meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday.

Following his meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday, Montreal mayor Denis Coderre seemed to back away somewhat from his radical opposition to the Energy East pipeline. But Mayor Coderre’s alarmism, and apparent disregard for the regulatory procedure for the nation’s Energy Board, is profoundly significant. It represents what might be dubbed “the rise from the mayors,” which, – like The Rise of the Machines in the Terminator movie franchise – ought to be an object of profound concern.

Obviously, mayors must reflect the worries of the constituents, and radical environmental non-governmental organizations, ENGOs, have done a fabulous job of spreading fear through misinformation. But Coderre’s stance represents greater than a casual alliance between Not in My Backyard, NIMBY, and never on Planet Earth, NOPE. It represents a part of a significantly larger UN-based Green Agenda to delegitimize national governments from above and below. For the reason that sense, last month’s Paris climate conference and the Montreal municipalities’ anti-pipeline stance is linked. Meanwhile it is almost not a coincidence that the mayors of Vancouver and Burnaby are resolutely opposed to the twinning of the Trans Mountain pipeline, which would also transport “dirty” Alberta oil.

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