tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post447827173390437084..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: The Con Regime and the Horror of Lac MéganticSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-73227051809115915882014-08-19T20:47:45.876-04:002014-08-19T20:47:45.876-04:00Merv Tweed, ex-CON Harper MP from Manitoba parachu...Merv Tweed, ex-CON Harper MP from Manitoba parachuted into the position of President of US Omnitrax that owns the Port of Churchill and the Hudson Bay Line. Harper's boy was there when Omnitrax announced that it would be transporting Alberta bitumen by rail across the unstable muskeg to the Port of Churchill. Sure enough First Nations, environmentalists and the government of Manitoba were against this plan. The Omnitrax PR campaign/consultations didn't go as well as planned and the FNs launched a petition to stop these plans in their tracks (purposeful pun). Anyway, today Tweed announced that Omnitrax was way too busy with grain shipments to bother with shipping oil so those plans have been put on hold. Note that a CON will never admit to backing down and had a handy excuse on the offer that negated the effort of all FNs and activists involved with stopping their plans.Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.com