Danielle's Pipe Dream Pipeline - A short reality check
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Summary
In this episode of the Haida Gwaii Hacking podcast, we sit down with the Director of Indigenous Engagement at the Department of Fisheries and Oceania, Dr. Andrew Friesen, to talk about the proposed pipeline from Vancouver Island to the B.C. coast.
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Our plan is to put our federal approval in by June at the latest and then we're
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hoping to get an early indication that it will go ahead by the fall so and I
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think with what we're seeing internationally especially with the
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disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and how that is impacting the recipients in
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Asian countries, we are perfectly situated to be able to provide a new
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source of heavy oil to those refineries in that region.
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But we will only do that in the case where we have the support of First Nations.
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To make very clear that there's absolutely no support for pipelines to the northwest
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coast or oil tankers in the waters around Haida Gwaii.