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A group of around 400 people gathered in Hillcrest on July 22 to voice their support for the mine. Organizer Eric Lowther said that the group has “tremendous power.”
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“There are things we can do collectively, especially with a group like this to change the outcome…We need to tell the elected people that they’re not going to be elected again if they do this kind of stuff. We need to tell them that real people live here that are being impacted by this decision,” said Lowther, who was a MP for the Canadian Alliance Party from 1997-2000.
The Coal Association of Canada says Ottawa’s recent ban on new thermal coal mining projects or plans to expand existing mines on environmental damage grounds will lead to the market gap left being filled with inferior-quality coal from elsewhere.
According to the association’s president, Robin Campbell, Canadian thermal coal is considered extremely high quality and has a low sulphur content relative to world standards.
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The loss of coal from Canada will likely be replaced by production from other countries that do not have the same commitment to our high standards.