Northern Pipelines and Southern Assumptions

Two commissions of inquiry were appointed by the Canadian government to investigate the likely consequences for the land and peoples of northern Canada affected by pipelines proposed for the delivery of Alaskan natural gas to American markets. The author compares these two commissions which were cha...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Lotz, Jim
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1977
Subjects:
Alaska Highway Pipeline Inquiry (Canada)
Economic policy
Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry (Canada)
Pipelines
Public opinion
Socio-economic effects
Alaska
Mackenzie River region
N.W.T
Nunavut
Yukon
Canada
Mackenzie River
Mackenzie Valley
Arctic
Mackenzie river
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65752
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Summary:Two commissions of inquiry were appointed by the Canadian government to investigate the likely consequences for the land and peoples of northern Canada affected by pipelines proposed for the delivery of Alaskan natural gas to American markets. The author compares these two commissions which were chaired by Mr. Justice Thomas Berger and Mr. Kenneth Lysyk respectively. He sees them as together illustrating that the problems of northern development do not begin in the north, but rather in the minds of white people from the south because of their assumptions.

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