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A Closer Look At The Fort McMurray Fire - Government Negligence & Helping Your Neighbor

2,398 views · Published 13 May 2016 · 25:50 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: World Alternative Media · 2016 · People & Blogs

Josh Sigurdson, John Sneisen and John Doull sat down to talk about the fire in Fort McMurray recently at the WAM Studio. There are so many angles to this story and most of all it's bitter sweet.
Something everyone should be proud of is the efforts of everyday people, firemen, your average neighbor helping to evacuate and get people out safely while losing all of their personal possessions. People who are selfless and didn't spend a moment thinking about themselves but were more concerned about getting people away from the fire than saving themselves. It's truly inspirational.
However, there is so much more to it. The Alberta NDP government showed their true colours and Trudeau's Liberals only enforced the notion that they're a bunch of children way over their heads. Puppets.
While "environmentalists" celebrate the ruined lives of thousands and the displacement of 88,000 individuals while typing on a computer made from petroleum products and wearing clothes made from petroleum products, the NDP made cuts that affected the issue negatively all while bloating their budget in every other regard. Trudeau made Star Wars jokes during the Fort McMurray press conference. Trudeau also refused foreign help with the fire and would only match Red Cross donations despite being fine giving billions to foreign dictators and building infrastructure on the other side of the planet. Notley claimed that opposition leader Brian Jean was fearmongering about the fire, only to lose his home to the fire later that night.
There are countless theories about what happened. Due to larger amounts of carbon dioxide in the air, the forests are growing faster and as they grow faster they age faster which means they're somewhat drier. That leaves them more susceptible to burn.
Then there are those that claim big oil companies started the fire to drive up the price of oil.
Then there is the theory that radical environmentalist activists were setting the fires and targeting Fort McMurray which happens to be one of the top tar sands cities.
Directly before the fire, the son of the former mayor of Mayerthorpe, Alberta was accused of setting more than a dozen arson fires, targeting those involved in the petroleum industry.

We also talk about the need to switch from oil to more sustainable energy like hemp but that we can't rush markets and force ideas into the market without destroying an economy and also leaving countless people unemployed.

This and much more is discussed in this report!

Video edited by Josh Sigurdson

Featuring:
Josh Sigurdson
John Doull
John Thore Stub Sneisen

Graphics by Bryan Foerster and Josh Sigurdson

Produced by Rahim The Photographer

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