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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.43,0:00:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world's largest and most devastating\Nenvironmental and industrial project
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.73,0:00:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is situated in the heart of the largest\Nand most intact forest in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.60,0:00:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Canada's boreal forest.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.43,0:00:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It stretches right across\NNorthern Canada, in Labrador,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.87,0:00:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's home to the largest remaining\Nwild caribou herd in the world:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.07,0:00:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the George River caribou herd,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.56,0:00:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,numbering approximately 400,000 animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.76,0:00:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, when I was there,\NI couldn't find one of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.64,0:00:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you have the antlers as proof.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.95,0:00:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All across the boreal,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.35,0:00:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're blessed with this incredible\Nabundance of wetlands.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.77,0:00:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wetlands, globally, are one\Nof the most endangered ecosystems.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.13,0:00:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're absolutely critical ecosystems,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.03,0:00:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they clean air, they clean water,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.64,0:00:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they sequester large amounts\Nof greenhouse gases,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.73,0:00:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're home\Nto a huge diversity of species.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.16,0:00:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the boreal, they are also the home
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.54,0:00:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where almost 50 percent of the 800 bird\Nspecies found in North America
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.91,0:00:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,migrate north to breed\Nand raise their young.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.57,0:01:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Ontario, the boreal marches down south\Nto the north shore of Lake Superior.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.03,0:01:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these incredibly\Nbeautiful boreal forests
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.57,0:01:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were the inspiration for some of the most\Nfamous art in Canadian history,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.54,0:01:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Group of Seven\Nwere very inspired by this landscape,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.89,0:01:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so the boreal is not just a really key\Npart of our natural heritage,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.27,0:01:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also an important part\Nof our cultural heritage.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.57,0:01:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Manitoba, this is an image\Nfrom the east side of Lake Winnipeg,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.54,0:01:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the home of the newly\Ndesignated UNESCO Cultural Heritage site.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.53,0:01:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Saskatchewan,\Nas across all of the boreal,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.57,0:01:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,home to some of our most famous rivers,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.01,0:01:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an incredible network of rivers and lakes\Nthat every school-age child learns about,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.09,0:01:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Peace, the Athabasca,\Nthe Churchill here, the Mackenzie,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.02,0:01:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these networks\Nwere the historical routes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.87,0:01:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the voyageur and the coureur de bois,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.12,0:02:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first non-aboriginal\Nexplorers of Northern Canada
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.45,0:02:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, taking from\Nthe First Nations people,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.24,0:02:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used canoes and paddled to explore
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.64,0:02:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a trade route,\Na Northwest Passage for the fur trade.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.95,0:02:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the North, the boreal\Nis bordered by the tundra,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.61,0:02:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just below that, in Yukon,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.66,0:02:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have this incredible valley,\Nthe Tombstone Valley.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.16,0:02:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Tombstone Valley is home\Nto the Porcupine caribou herd.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.87,0:02:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you've probably heard\Nabout the Porcupine caribou herd
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.61,0:02:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the context of its breeding ground\Nin Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.19,0:02:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the wintering ground\Nis also critical
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.43,0:02:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it also is not protected,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.06,0:02:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is potentially, could be potentially,\Nexploited for gas and mineral rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.86,0:02:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The western border of the boreal\Nin British Columbia
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.33,0:02:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is marked by the Coast Mountains,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.97,0:02:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the other side of those mountains
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.97,0:02:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the greatest remaining\Ntemperate rainforest in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.82,0:02:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Great Bear Rainforest,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.19,0:02:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'll discuss that in a few minutes\Nin a bit more detail.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.07,0:02:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All across the boreal,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.52,0:03:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's home for a huge incredible range\Nof indigenous peoples,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.54,0:03:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a rich and varied culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.62,0:03:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that one of the reasons
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.15,0:03:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why so many of these groups have\Nretained a link to the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.64,0:03:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know their native languages,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.68,0:03:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the songs, the dances, the traditions,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.04,0:03:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think part of that reason\Nis because of the remoteness,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.58,0:03:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the span and the wilderness
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.90,0:03:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this almost 95 percent\Nintact ecosystem.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.03,0:03:26.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think particularly now,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.67,0:03:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we see ourselves in a time\Nof environmental crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.82,0:03:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can learn so much from these people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.76,0:03:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have lived so sustainably\Nin this ecosystem
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.01,0:03:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for over 10,000 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.50,0:03:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the heart of this ecosystem\Nis the very antithesis
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.56,0:03:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all of these values\Nthat we've been talking about,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.06,0:03:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think these\Nare some of the core values
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.22,0:03:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that make us proud to be Canadians.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.92,0:03:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Alberta tar sands,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.76,0:03:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the largest oil reserves on the planet\Noutside of Saudi Arabia.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.39,0:03:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trapped underneath the boreal forest\Nand wetlands of northern Alberta
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.31,0:04:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are these vast reserves\Nof this sticky, tar-like bitumen.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.63,0:04:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the mining\Nand the exploitation of that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.24,0:04:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is creating devastation on a scale\Nthat the planet has never seen before.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.72,0:04:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to try to convey\Nsome sort of a sense of the size of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.89,0:04:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at that truck there,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.86,0:04:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is the largest truck\Nof its kind on the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.30,0:04:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a 400-ton-capacity dump truck
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.07,0:04:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its dimensions are 45 feet long\Nby 35 feet wide and 25 feet high.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.25,0:04:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I stand beside that truck,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.71,0:04:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my head comes to around the bottom\Nof the yellow part of that hubcap.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.62,0:04:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within the dimensions of that truck,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.71,0:04:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could build a 3,000-square-foot\Ntwo-story home quite easily.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.100,0:04:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did the math.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.55,0:04:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So instead of thinking of that as a truck,\Nthink of that as a 3,000-square-foot home.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.80,0:04:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not a bad size home.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.72,0:04:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And line those trucks / homes\Nback and forth
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.10,0:04:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across there from the bottom\Nall the way to the top.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.99,0:05:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then think of how large\Nthat very small section of one mine is.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.90,0:05:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you can apply that same kind\Nof thinking here as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.49,0:05:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, here you see --\Nof course, as you go further on,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.22,0:05:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these trucks become like a pixel.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.50,0:05:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, imagine those\Nall back and forth there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.92,0:05:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How large is that one portion of a mine?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.79,0:05:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would be a huge,\Nvast metropolitan area,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.15,0:05:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably much larger\Nthan the city of Victoria.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.53,0:05:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is just one of a number of mines,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.38,0:05:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10 mines so far right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.58,0:05:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one section of one mining complex,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.21,0:05:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are about another 40 or 50\Nin the approval process.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.08,0:05:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No tar sands mine has actually\Never been denied approval,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.86,0:05:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it is essentially a rubber stamp.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.50,0:05:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other method of extraction\Nis what's called the in situ.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.46,0:05:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here, massive amounts of water
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.46,0:05:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are superheated and pumped\Nthrough the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.49,0:05:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through these vasts networks of pipelines,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.60,0:05:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seismic lines, drill paths,\Ncompressor stations.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.32,0:06:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even though this looks\Nmaybe not quite as repugnant as the mines,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.48,0:06:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's even more damaging in some ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.68,0:06:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It impacts and fragments\Na larger part of the wilderness,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.08,0:06:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where there is 90 percent\Nreduction of key species,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.57,0:06:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like woodland caribou and grizzly bears,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.91,0:06:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it consumes\Neven more energy, more water,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.44,0:06:21.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and produces at least\Nas much greenhouse gas.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.02,0:06:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these in situ developments are at least\Nas ecologically damaging as the mines.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.72,0:06:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The oil produced from either method
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.38,0:06:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,produces more greenhouse gas\Nemissions than any other oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.96,0:06:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one of the reasons\Nwhy it's called the world's dirtiest oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.60,0:06:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also one of the reasons
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.97,0:06:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why it is the largest and fastest-growing\Nsingle source of carbon in Canada,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.19,0:06:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is also a reason\Nwhy Canada is now number three
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.14,0:06:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of producing carbon per person.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.78,0:07:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tailings ponds are the largest toxic\Nimpoundments on the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.33,0:07:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oil sands -- or rather,\NI should say tar sands --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.90,0:07:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oil sands is a PR-created term
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.20,0:07:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the oil companies\Nwouldn't be trying to promote something
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.29,0:07:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sounds like a sticky tar-like\Nsubstance that's the world's dirtiest oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.71,0:07:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they decided to call it oil sands.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.11,0:07:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tar sands consume more water\Nthan any other oil process,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.95,0:07:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three to five barrels of water\Nare taken, polluted
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.26,0:07:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then returned into tailings ponds,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.58,0:07:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the largest toxic\Nimpoundments on the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.08,0:07:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SemCrude, just one of the licensees,\Nin just one of their tailings ponds,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.19,0:07:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dumps 250,000 tons\Nof this toxic gunk every single day.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.74,0:07:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's creating the largest toxic\Nimpoundments in the history of the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.76,0:07:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So far, this is enough toxin to cover\Nthe face of Lake Erie a foot deep.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.68,0:07:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the tailings ponds\Nrange in size up to 9,000 acres.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.59,0:07:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's two-thirds the size\Nof the entire island of Manhattan.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.56,0:08:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's like from Wall Street\Nat the southern edge of Manhattan
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.56,0:08:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up to maybe 120th Street.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.17,0:08:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is one of the larger\Ntailings ponds.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.20,0:08:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This might be, what? I don't know,\Nhalf the size of Manhattan.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.26,0:08:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can see in the context,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.78,0:08:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just a relatively small section\Nof one of 10 mining complexes
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.15,0:08:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and another 40 to 50\Non stream to be approved soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.40,0:08:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, these tailings ponds --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.98,0:08:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, you can't see\Nmany ponds from outer space
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.56,0:08:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can see these, so maybe\Nwe should stop calling them ponds --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.41,0:08:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these massive toxic wastelands are built
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.24,0:08:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unlined and on the banks\Nof the Athabasca River.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.56,0:08:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Athabasca River drains downstream\Nto a range of aboriginal communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.97,0:08:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Fort Chipewyan, the 800 people there,\Nare finding toxins in the food chain,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.31,0:08:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this has been scientifically proven.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.72,0:08:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tar sands toxins\Nare in the food chain,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.76,0:08:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is causing cancer\Nrates up to 10 times
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.70,0:08:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they are in the rest of Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.77,0:09:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In spite of that, people have to live,\Nhave to eat this food in order to survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.26,0:09:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The incredibly high price of flying food
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.30,0:09:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into these remote\NNorthern aboriginal communities
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.92,0:09:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the high rate of unemployment
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.62,0:09:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes this an absolute\Nnecessity for survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.71,0:09:17.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not that many years ago,\NI was lent a boat by a First Nations man,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.81,0:09:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said, "When you\Ngo out on the river,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.06,0:09:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not under any\Ncircumstances eat the fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.73,0:09:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's carcinogenic."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.42,0:09:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, on the front porch\Nof that man's cabin,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.96,0:09:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw four fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.39,0:09:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had to feed his family to survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.19,0:09:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a parent, I just can't imagine\Nwhat that does to your soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.35,0:09:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what we're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.89,0:09:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The boreal forest\Nis also perhaps our best defense
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.32,0:09:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against global warming and climate change.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.44,0:09:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The boreal forest sequesters more carbon\Nthan any other terrestrial ecosystem.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.32,0:09:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is absolutely key.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.93,0:10:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what we're doing is,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.83,0:10:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're taking the most concentrated\Ngreenhouse gas sink --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.52,0:10:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,twice as much greenhouse\Ngases are sequestered
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.07,0:10:13.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the boreal per acre\Nthan the tropical rainforests.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.09,0:10:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we're doing is we're destroying
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.59,0:10:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this carbon sink,\Nturning it into a carbon bomb.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.64,0:10:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're replacing that\Nwith the largest industrial project
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.78,0:10:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the history of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.18,0:10:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is producing the most high-carbon\Ngreenhouse-gas emitting oil in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.98,0:10:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're doing this on the second largest\Noil reserves on the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.18,0:10:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one of the reasons why Canada,\Noriginally a climate change hero --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.98,0:10:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were one of the first\Nsignatories of the Kyoto Accord.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.37,0:10:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we're the country\Nthat has full-time lobbyists
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.82,0:10:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the European Union and Washington DC,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.88,0:10:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,threatening trade wars
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.80,0:10:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when these countries talk about wanting\Nto bring in positive legislation
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.55,0:10:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to limit the import of high-carbon fuels,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.58,0:11:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of greenhouse gas emissions,\Nanything like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.87,0:11:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at international conferences,\Nwhether they're in Copenhagen or Cancun,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.41,0:11:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,international conferences\Non climate change,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.93,0:11:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're the country that gets\Nthe dinosaur award every single day,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.09,0:11:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as being the biggest\Nobstacle to progress on this issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.32,0:11:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just 70 miles downstream
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.75,0:11:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the world's largest freshwater delta,\Nthe Peace-Athabasca Delta,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.47,0:11:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only one at the juncture\Nof all four migratory flyways.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.29,0:11:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a globally significant wetland,\Nperhaps the greatest on the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.23,0:11:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Incredible habitat\Nfor half the bird species
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.97,0:11:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you find in North America, migrating here.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.61,0:11:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also the last refuge\Nfor the largest herd of wild bison,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.87,0:11:46.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also, of course, critical habitat\Nfor another whole range of other species.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.82,0:11:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it too is being threatened
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.97,0:11:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the massive amount of water\Nbeing drawn from the Athabasca,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.64,0:11:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which feeds these wetlands,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.64,0:11:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also the incredible toxic burden
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.76,0:12:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the largest toxic unlined\Nimpoundments on the planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.56,0:12:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are leaching in to the food chain\Nfor all the species downstream.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.68,0:12:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as bad as all that is, things are going\Nto get much worse -- much, much worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.65,0:12:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the infrastructure\Nas we see it about now.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.14,0:12:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what's planned for 2015.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.11,0:12:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can see here\Nthe Keystone Pipeline,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.17,0:12:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would take tar sands raw\Ndown to the Gulf Coast,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.42,0:12:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,punching a pipeline through\Nthe agricultural heart of North America,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.73,0:12:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.11,0:12:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and securing the contract\Nwith the dirtiest fuel in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.44,0:12:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by consumption of the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.40,0:12:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and promoting a huge disincentive
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.29,0:12:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a sustainable clean-energy\Nfuture for America.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.14,0:12:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here you see the route\Ndown the Mackenzie valley.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.68,0:12:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This would put a pipeline\Nto take natural gas from the Beaufort Sea
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.36,0:13:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the heart of the third largest\Nwatershed basin in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.05,0:13:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the only one\Nwhich is 95 percent intact.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.23,0:13:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And building a pipeline\Nwith an industrial highway
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.64,0:13:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would change forever\Nthis incredible wilderness,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.15,0:13:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a true rarity\Non the planet today.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.31,0:13:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the Great Bear Rainforest\Nis just over the hill there,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.58,0:13:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within a few miles,\Nwe go from these dry boreal forests
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.73,0:13:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 100-year-old trees,\Nmaybe 10 inches across,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.14,0:13:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and soon, we're in the coastal\Ntemperate rainforest,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.60,0:13:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rain-drenched, 1,000-year-old trees,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.20,0:13:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,20 feet across, a completely\Ndifferent ecosystem.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.28,0:13:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Great Bear Rainforest\Nis generally considered to be
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.07,0:13:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the largest coastal temperate rainforest\Necosystem in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.01,0:13:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the greatest densities
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.84,0:13:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of some of the most iconic\Nand threatened species on the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.88,0:13:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet there's a proposal,\Nof course, to build a pipeline
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.48,0:13:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take huge tankers,\N10 times the size of the Exxon Valdez,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.36,0:13:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through some of the most\Ndifficult-to-navigate waters in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.84,0:14:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where only just a few years ago,\Na BC ferry ran aground.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.20,0:14:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When one of these tar sands tankers,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.58,0:14:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carrying the dirtiest oil,\N10 times as much as the Exxon Valdez,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.96,0:14:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eventually hits a rock and goes down,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.30,0:14:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to have\None of the worst ecological disasters
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.23,0:14:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this planet has ever seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.80,0:14:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here we have the plan out to 2030.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.90,0:14:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they're proposing is an almost\Nfour-times increase in production,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.48,0:14:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that would industrialize\Nan area the size of Florida.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.27,0:14:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In doing so, we'll be removing\Na large part of our greatest carbon sink
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.13,0:14:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and replacing it with the most high\Ngreenhouse-gas emission oil in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.58,0:14:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world does not need\Nany more tar mines.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.70,0:14:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world does not need any more pipelines
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.66,0:14:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to wed our addiction to fossil fuels.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.84,0:14:53.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the world certainly does not need
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.86,0:14:56.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the largest toxic impoundments\Nto grow and multiply
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.93,0:14:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and further threaten\Nthe downstream communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.21,0:15:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let's face it, we all live downstream
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.23,0:15:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an era of global warming\Nand climate change.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.04,0:15:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we need, is we all need to act
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.82,0:15:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ensure that Canada respects\Nthe massive amounts of freshwater
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.52,0:15:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we hold in this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.96,0:15:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to ensure\Nthat these wetlands and forests
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.30,0:15:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are our best and greatest\Nand most critical defense
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.61,0:15:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against global warming are protected,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.10,0:15:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are not releasing\Nthat carbon bomb into the atmosphere.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.56,0:15:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we need to all gather together\Nand say no to the tar sands.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.71,0:15:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.89,0:15:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a huge network\Nall over the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.79,0:15:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting to stop this project.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.04,0:15:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I quite simply think
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.86,0:15:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this is not something\Nthat should be decided just in Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.75,0:15:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone in this room,\Neveryone across Canada,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.05,0:15:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone listening to this presentation
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.04,0:15:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has a role to play\Nand, I think, a responsibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.86,0:15:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because what we do here\Nis going to change our history,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.52,0:16:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to color\Nour possibility to survive,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.24,0:16:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for our children to survive\Nand have a rich future.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.75,0:16:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have an incredible gift in the boreal,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.74,0:16:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an incredible opportunity to preserve\Nour best defense against global warming,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.99,0:16:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we could let that slip away.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.72,0:16:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tar sands could threaten\Nnot just a large section of the boreal.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.72,0:16:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It compromises the life and the health
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.71,0:16:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of some of our most underprivileged\Nand vulnerable people,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.26,0:16:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the aboriginal communities\Nthat have so much to teach us.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.13,0:16:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could destroy the Athabasca Delta,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.73,0:16:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the largest and possibly greatest\Nfreshwater delta in the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.39,0:16:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could destroy\Nthe Great Bear Rainforest,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.98,0:16:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the largest temperate\Nrainforest in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.82,0:16:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it could have huge impacts
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.85,0:16:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the future of the agricultural\Nheartland of North America.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.34,0:16:54.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that you will all,\Nif you've been moved by this presentation,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.56,0:16:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,join with the growing\Ninternational community
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.36,0:17:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get Canada to step up\Nto its responsibilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.83,0:17:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to convince Canada to go back\Nto being a climate change champion
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.24,0:17:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of a climate change villain,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.100,0:17:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to say no to the tar sands,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.68,0:17:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yes to a clean energy future for all.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.37,0:17:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.72,0:17:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)