Prickly situation: Northern Gateway Pipeline

I took down the gag photo of Harper’s plane, shot full of arrows on its underside, because it left a wrong impression. Certainly aboriginal people strongly oppose Harper’s screwball support for a pipeline to the Pacific, but they do not protest with violence.
I decided that the joke could be used by the tar sands companies and their pals in Ottawa to duck their responsibility to consult with First Nations stakeholders. You know …. “We’d like to talk to them, but we’re scared”.
In fact, aboriginal opposition to the pipeline is well reasoned, scientifically supported and more lawful than the proposals of Harper’s tar diggers. First Nations people are our best line of defence against dirty, dangerous bitumen exports and they deserve our grateful support, not laughter.