Actual headline.

It should have read: "Jerry Butts kills Energy East with his Sock Puppet and Eastern Backers - CBC and Clones seen waving Pom Poms"

The CBC uses the same type of photo of Brad Wall as we commonly saw of B. Hussien with the deranged look... while Mr. Carr is stately, reserved, a photo of a man making a "business decision".

F U Liberals. F. U hard.

We in the West will always be treated like poor cousins to the Power structure in the East,and yes,that word "Power" is deliberately capitalized.

Maybe the crazed Premier Wall shown in the CBC photo can lead us out of confederation, the guy looks as crazy as Premier Kim.Only problem: is Saskatchewan a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone,like B.C.?

I am so f***ing pi$$ed off right now,I believe I shall take to the drink.

If this isn't proof positive of the corruption that defines Canadian politics,I don't know what is!

Canada is run by an Eastern cabal that sees us as hillbillies not to be taken seriously or feared.

I swear I read that 3 times as Brad Pitt Walls...

I recall that when Peter Lougheed and PET butted heads some 40 years ago, Quebec was whining that Albertans were the bad guys. How dare we expect Quebec to actually pay for the oil that it got from western Canada.

I imagine that Notley, et. al., are celebrating. What they couldn't do to destroy the Alberta economy, the Spud will.

Well said Lance and all of the above comments.

Separation can't come soon enough.

#assholes is right.

Joe Oliver lays into cabin boy and his band of idiotic cronies, who prove government is poor at picking winners, but losers are good at picking government:

"The irony is that killing the project will increase net global GHG emissions. Oil transported by pipeline from Alberta would replace Saudi crude shipped by tanker up the St. Lawrence. Our exports to Europe and India would diminish higher emitting oil from countries with poorer environmental standards and appalling treatment of women, gays, minorities and political dissidents. Justin Trudeau wants labour and environment standards and gender equality protection included in NAFTA, although binding commitments are unlikely. Yet favouring foreign energy over Canadian energy shunts those concerns aside. All his virtue signalling is empty rhetoric when he can actually do something and decides not to."

Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr falsely claimed the previous Conservative government did not get any pipelines built (there were four). But he was going to change all that. Cater to intractable environmentalists by succumbing to their insatiable demands and objections would magically disappear. A costly national carbon tax, duplicative and politicized regulatory reviews, open-ended consultation with anyone with an axe to grind. How is that working out so far? What about a big goose egg. Naïveté is as solid a foundation for public policy as a belief in unicorns."

The Liberals imposed a ban on oil tanker traffic off the North Coast of B.C. and then officially rejected the $7.9 billion Northern Gateway pipeline, even though it had received regulatory approval. Our prospects for exporting LNG look grim after Petronas abandoned the $36 billion Pacific NorthWest project, a decision made more likely by Ottawa’s onerous regulatory burden. The government officially approved Kinder Morgan’s $6.8 billion Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion, subject to 157 binding conditions. However, without resolute federal leadership its prospects are in doubt, given determined resistance from the minority NDP government of British Columbia, fierce opposition from its Green Party supporter, lawsuits by First Nations and municipalities, and looming social activism."

Meanwhile, energy producing countries are taking advantage of Canada’s inability to get its resources to tidewater. The U.S. imports our oil and gas at bargain prices and sells its energy at the higher international price. As we subsidize our rich neighbour other countries like Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Russia benefit by selling us oil or by not having to compete with Canada in the energy markets. At the same time as foreign countries are advantaged by our inaction, Canadians suffer from limited funding for health care, education and infrastructure."

While Trudeau preens as a green champion, massive deficits continue without end, federal debt is projected to mushroom to $1 trillion in 15 years, punishing taxes make life difficult for the middle class and high youth unemployment robs too many millennials of hope."

Trudeau seems unconcerned about the impact of his policies on provinces where electoral prospects are meagre."

Alberta and Saskatchewan workers in the oil and gas sector were especially hard hit by the commodity price collapse. They hoped the federal government would have their backs during hard times. Instead, it put up regulatory roadblocks, hiked taxes and increased the cost of doing business. Last month, at the Global Business Forum in Banff, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall lamented the lost opportunity for jobs, economic growth and revenue to governments from policies that are killing resource development. What frustrates him and many Westerners is that there is no environmental gain for all the pain they disproportionately bear. Justified regional resentment erodes national unity."

The prime minister does not seem terribly concerned about the impact on less populous provinces where his electoral prospects are meagre, or New Brunswick (for the moment a Liberal bastion), which unanimously supports Energy East. But he should worry if the country doubts his ability to competently manage the economy."

Trudeau claims that we can both protect the environment and develop our resources. Fair enough. But words ring hollow when actions run counter to the critical strategic challenge of getting our energy to tidewater. Canada will be poorer for his government’s egregious failure."

http://business.financialpost.com/opinion/joe-oliver-canada-will-be-poorer-for-trudeaus-egregious-energy-east-failure#comments-area

I despise Trudeau as much as most people do chewing gum or a melted Revell in the upholstery of their new car.

However Trudeau did not make the decision to scrap the Energy East Project. If any organization(s) can influence the outcome of a government decision, TransCanada, Shell, Husky, Exxon etc. can. Having dealt with Saudi Princes, Libyan Terrorists, 130° F heat in the Sahara and angry farmers in Alberta, I'm sure dealing with Trudeau would have been a breeze.

They just need to place a few American Greenbacks in some filthy little Liberal hand.

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