A Vancouver filmmaker has created an online response to the controversy over an animated video created by Enbridge that excludes about 1,000 square kilometres of islands from the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline and tanker route.
Dave Shortt’s video is called “This is not an Enbridge animation” and collects footage of the area along the proposed route for the proposed pipeline.
The animated Enbridge video showing the proposed pipeline and marine route has been criticized for leaving out the islands in the Douglas Channel, depicting it instead as an open funnel. Critics say that the video purposely misleads the public as to obstacles oil tankers would encounter as they traverse the channel.
Take a look at a visual comparison of Enbridge’s video and the actual geography of the Douglas Channel
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Shortt and a friend shot the footage for his video on location 10 days ago. He said he wanted to remind people that the proposed pipeline route “is not some abstract place.”
“I feel passionately about this issue,” said Shortt, who is the owner and founder of video production company Shortt and Epic Productions.
“British Columbia is known around the world for its natural beauty. It’s why people move here and visit from all around the world. That is our greatest asset, not as some transport route for a private corporation.”
Shortt called the making of the video “a real adventure. The locations weren’t very accessible. We’ve climbed down cliffs, trudged through swamps, and bushwhacked through dense forest to get to each exact location.”
Enbridge has since amended its video with the disclaimer that it is “broadly representational.”
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Video courtesy: http://shorttandepic.com/
Original video: https://vimeo.com/47788521
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Original source article: ‘This is not an Enbridge animation’ shows reality of Northern Gateway route (with video)
To view the Dogwood Initiative No Tankers petition, click here.
For a list of dates and times for the final hearings on the Northern Gateway Pipeline project, click here.
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