WATCH: Oil man's son gives powerful testimony at pipeline re

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WATCH: Oil man's son gives powerful testimony at pipeline joint review panel

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http://thetyee.ca/Video/2012/02/23/Oil-Man-Son/

Submitted by Tyee staff February 23, 2012

According to the description associated with the video on YouTube, this is Lee Brain, son of an oil man and resident of Prince Rupert, who describes his time working at an oil refinery in India and the inner workings of "the power of oil." The description also says the testimony, given at the Northern Gateway Pipeline Joint Review Panel on Feb. 18, 2012, received a standing ovation and brought the crowd to tears.

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"He replied, with an unexpected, sobering tone: “We are destroying future generations for now, and forever.”

" . . . what I learned was that the global system of infinite growth attracts men and woman of a certain… level of understanding, a certain type of person who will be attracted to the ideals of the current economic measurement that coordinates the global psychology of things, and a type of person who externalizes themselves and detaches from connection, and so whole-heartedly believes in their reality, their perception of things, that they project their fears out onto everyone else -- and their ego becomes the driver, blindly leading them down a path of self-destruction. And they are people of high intellectual prowess, but unfortunately have yet to develop the deep wisdom that we all possess within us as human beings.

And we call these people CEO, and Prime Minister."


Oil executive son's testimony at Prince Rupert Northern Gateway pipeline joint review panel

Carrie Saxifrage Posted: Feb 20th, 2012

http://www.vancouverobserver.com/blogs/earthmatters/
2012/02/20/oil-executive-sons-testimony-prince-rupert-northern-gateway-pipeline

The most moving moment of the Enbridge Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel hearings in Prince Rupert which wrapped up Saturday were spoken by Lee Brian, the 26-year-old son of an oil executive.

Here is an excerpt of his speech:

My oral evidence today comes in the form of a story, an experience I had three years ago which directly reflects the impacts this project will have on me, and my community.

The story begins after a lifetime of debating with my father -he thought it was high time for me to finally experience first-hand the magnitude and power of the oil industry.

So in the summer of 2009, I had the opportunity to spend one full month on one of the world’s largest oil refineries, producing 800,000 barrels of oil per day. At the time, it was under an expansion project to produce up to an astonishing 1.2 million barrels per day and for confidentiality reasons, the company and details of the project will remain unnamed.

The catch was that this refinery was in a very rural area in a northern province of India – right on the coast of the Arabian Sea, and bordering Pakistan.

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2012/02/20/oil-executive-sons-testimony-prince-rupert-northern-gateway-pipeline