17 Quotes by Andrew Nikiforuk

If Canada could simply apply the basic principles of sustainable development, such as the internalization of costs and 'polluters pay,' it would have long-term beneficial effects, both environmental and economic.

What slavery really demonstrated was that we don't really know how to use energy wisely and that we can be incredibly abusive and barbaric.

Canada now calls itself an 'emerging energy superpower.' In reality, it is nothing more than a Third World energy supermarket.

Oil has allowed us to think about economics as though energy doesn't matter.

Slavery, first and foremost, was an energy institution. Shackling human muscle was about getting work done.

Sour gas is one of the most dangerous, toxic substances known to man.

The tar sands boom has become the world's largest energy project, the world's largest construction project, and the world's largest capital project.

The tar sands has changed Canada in the same way the fur trade has changed Canada.

Bitumen, the new national staple, is redefining the character and destiny of Canada. Rapid development of the tar sands has created a foreign policy that favours the export of bitumen to the United States and lax immigration standards that champion the import of global bitumen workers.