The Answer is Still No

The Answer Is Still No is an important, urgent book that compiles interviews with people who live along the route of the proposed Enbridge pipeline in Northern British Columbia. The oil pipeline and supertankers – linking the tar sands of Alberta to the demand of the growing Asian market – are a key component of Canada’s strategy of natural resource extraction. But for the people living along the proposed pipeline route, Enbridge poses a massive environmental risk, which threatens their way of life. This edited collection takes the passionate words and voices of twelve citizens and activists and results in one powerful position when it comes to blind economic development at the expense of our environment and communities: The answer is still “no.”

Paul Bowles is a professor in economics and international studies at the University of Northern British Columbia

Henry Veltmeyer is Professor Emeritus in International Development Studies at Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is a prolific author on matters of Development and Globalization. He is also the editor of a series of books on critical development studies at Fernwood and Routledge UK.