Friday, October 30, 2015

Named in honor of Mr Harper

Rename the Largest Tar Sands Toxic Effluent Reservoir

Rename the Largest Tar Sands Toxic Effluent Reservoir "The Stephen J. Harper Tailings Dam"
The Mildred Lake Settling Basin is one of the largest dam structures in the world, designed to hold up to 350 million cubic meters of unbelievably toxic waste from the Syncrude tar sands extraction process, and visible from space. It represents not only its scarcely-contained poisons, but an unconscionable waste and contamination of our precious water.
 Hopefully, the Trudeau government will soon reverse and correct many of the egregious offenses committed by the Harper government; this tailings dam is truly world-class and its contents built to last. Why rename a mere airport after our former prime minister, [A petition has been launched to rename Calgary airport ... Stephen J. Harper International ] . An airport only lasts a few decades.  However, the tar sands' poisonous legacy will last hundreds, or perhaps thousands, of years. So (re)naming it after one of its greatest boosters is fitting. Stephen Harper didn't invent the tar sands, but as one of its biggest fans this is an honour he truly deserves! He will be assured a place in the history books of the future.

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