Question 7 debate on Enbridge pipeline in northern BC

This isn't too biased against Enbridge. Sure 610 oil spills starts off the question but she also mentions that Enbridge employs thousands of canadians and how well they are ranked in terms of businesses in Canada. This presents both negative and positive aspects of the company and the situation. I agree on the length of the question so perhaps merging the first and 2nd to last sentence together and paraphrasing the middle portion concerning the proposed route etc. Like the scale of 1-100

So I see the point about Enbridge, you're right, that there is balance here.

On the other hand, we really need to get relatively short questions which "average, ordinary" people can understand easily over the telephone, unless we are going end up doing the written thing. I think we have to plan as if we might be asking these on the phone or in person. I am now going to propose a question which combines question 3 and 6 (both on pipelines and oil exports) and you can see what you think, and, in the spirit of wiki, edit it further, as needed.

That question will be:

The Northern Gateway project plans to use pipelines and ocean-going oil tankers to export oil through the city of Kitimat on BC's north coast. The southern Gateway project plans to increase oil exports through the port of Vancouver.

Some people argue that these oil exports help drive economic growth and prosperity; other argue that they pose major threats to the environment, including the risk of major oil spills on land and water.

Given this debate, how strongly do you support or oppose these oil exports?

1. strongly support 2. support 3. oppose 4. strongly oppose 5. don't know

I was rewriting this question a lot, and originally tried to include the ideas about the balance/trade-off between between the economy and the environment in the answers, but they got much too long to read out over the phone.

This is even shorter! It might also catch the more extreme views, which may be easier to measure.

Exporting oil should be a priority for Canada even if it means risking oil spills in coastal regions such as the Queen Charlotte Islands and Vancouver as per the Northern and Southern Gateway Projects. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

1. Stongly Agree 2. Agree 3. Disagree 4. Strongly Disagree 5. Don't know