There are no negative effects stemming from oil sand development. Everybody knows that!
But some pesky residence of Fort Chipewyan, a community north (and downstream) of Fort McMurray are complaining that pretty much everyone there has cancer and that sort of thing.
Never fear, because your government knows how to handle this sort of thing. Environment minister Jim “I-can’t-believe-I’m-the-fucking-environment-minister” Prentice just refuses to believe their is any causal link between oil companies dumping waste into the Athabasca river and the spike in cancer in Fort Chip.
The residents of Fort Chip, along with envrionmental groups like the Sierra Club and Environmental Defence, are calling for a moratorium on expansion until the environmental and health impacts of the oil sands can be assessed.
But c’mon – you think just because there is a bunch of toxic waste in the river that is the only way in/out of Fort Chip, that people there will have elevated cancer levels? That living next to a polluted body of water could have any effect on your health? When has that ever happened before?
Now somebody pass the fish…
Sure, you think its gross. But just try it with tartare sauce...
