using this issue: The Magil Energy Corportation (MEC) Of Canada has been haversting the rich oil sands (bitumen) of Nothern Alberta for over a decade. T They have piped their oil to refineries in Ontario to Eastern Usa.In the past years there have been plans to expand MEC's production and pipe oil sands oil throughout the USA to satisfy their demands for ''ethical oils' .MEC was willing to build a new pipeline but it was met with serious resistance from Americian environmentalists . The pipeline project did not go through and the MEC was now looking for a new way to expand its operations.Enter China. China has been growing on an unprecedneted and is need of energy needs by using the vast coal deposits located throughout their country.Envirnomental impacts have led them from coal to a ''lesser polluting'' fossil fuel.The Chiense Governemnt is intersted in striking a deal with the Canadian governemnt and MEC to build a pipeline from Fort McMurray.Alberta to Kitimat BC and then ship the oil via superoiltanker to China for further refining and use. There are a variety of major stakeholders in this issue

• MEC
• Indigenous groups
• Chinese Government
• Canadian goverment
• BC Citizen
• Canadian Citizen
• American Enviromentalist
• China

you will be the Canadian Citizen\

Canadian Citizens: The sad part is that a good number of Canadian citizens have no idea or don't care about the pipeline proposal,. Those that do see both sides of the story understand the economic benefits, especially in these troubled economic times but are concerned about the possible destruction of our natural environment. They continue to indirectly support MEC by purchasing gas at their locate gas stations

As a citizen do you say yes or no to the pipeline and using these groups:

• MEC
• Indigenous groups
• Chinese Government
• Canadian goverment
• BC Citizen
• Canadian Citizen
• American Environmentalist
• China

how can you work together and how can you as a Canadian citizen help this issue

do you think canadians could be more informed on this issue

Make sure to use research and include sources

make it in a style of a debate

as a canadaian how will the pipeline help and affect canada's economy

what will you do if the pipeline does build and what will you do if it does not build