Hoekstra, Gordon (2015, October 4th) “First Nations push back against Eagle Spirit pipeline.” The Vancouver Sun. http://www.vancouversun.com/business/first+nations+push+back+against+eagle+spirit+pipeline/11413761/story.html
Eagle spirit project’s goal is to install an oil pipeline but with upgraded oil that is not supposed to cause harm to the environment and is hoping to get the support of the First Nations since the project is initiated by First Nations. But the opposite happened, First Nations did not agree on the project even though it is supposed to be less harmful to the environment, but they claim that it still is going to affect it since the presence of the project would increase the oilsands production and affect rivers and oceans if there is a spill. The First Nations make use of the precautionary principle in order to avoid the worst and prefer to the side of caution by refering to the Lac Megantic disaster in 2013, they also tend to the ecocentrism since they want to protect the natural environment and have always been against this kind of projects. We can also link it to a strong sustainable development, because the First Nations want to preserve their nature. On a different view, it can be seen as a weak sustainable development since the project’s goal is to make money and generate an income without taking the environment in consideration. The project also refers to the tragedy of the commons, since First Nations consider their land as a commonly owned resource and the project -which leader is a First Nation- wishes to exploit it for economical purposes.
