@ISIDEWITHQuestionsenvironment11yrs ago

Should the government allow TransCanada to expropriate private property for the construction of the Keystone pipeline?

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Yes
83%
No
8%
Yes
75%
No
7%
Yes, if the landowners are fairly compensated
4%
No, do not build the pipeline and shut down all oil production in the tar sands
2%
Yes, the pipeline is necessary for the economic future of Canada
4%
No, do not build the pipeline but allow oil production in the tar sands

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 @8VJ7MXZfrom Alberta  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but only if they consent and are compensated for it

 @9F3YN58from Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

No the pipeline is a poor idea, why are we sending raw materials out of the country when we could refine and use them locally to reduce costs to the people that live here. Don’t get me started on how invasive it will be to the remaining wilderness. Stop obsessing over oil and gas, its non renewable and it will run out, its high time to move on from fossil fuels.

 @9DB86MGfrom Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

Only if the landowners agree to it AND are appropriately compensated

 @9D4V5MCfrom New Brunswick  answered…1yr1Y

If owners are compensated. We should have a nationalized energy sector.

 @8V8LQD4from Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

I don’t think the government has the right to take land in order to build the pipe line.

 @9WYDMSDfrom British Columbia  answered…4wks4W

Yes, but a private company should not be the ones who do the project, the government should take it over, turn it into a state controlled industry and seize property as necessary so long as farmers and homeowners are compensated, corporate landowners will be given no compensation.

 @9TQ2G2Cfrom Newfoundland  answered…2mos2MO

I believe its necessary for the economic future of Canada but also fairly compensating the land owners

 @9QSV5BHfrom California  answered…5mos5MO

Complicated, I think the landowners should be warned ahead of time and given more than fair compensation, but only if they consent to having their land used.

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