Hardly a week has passed since the memorandum of understanding with Alberta, and already the Libs are laying the groundwork for endless “unavoidable” delays. At this rate, I don’t know why Guilbeault found it necessary to quit caucus at all.
On his way into a cabinet meeting Tuesday morning, the former minister of Crown-Indigenous relations told reporters he sees a difficult road ahead for any pipeline project.
“If everyone thought Thursday was difficult, that was probably the easiest day in the life of that pipeline,” Miller said.
((At this rate, I don’t know why Guilbeault found it necessary to quit caucus at all.))
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That’s pretty simple. It was an orchestrated departure (which will end up being temporary) to attempt to add emphasis and credibility to the “memorandum of understanding” (which is nothing more than pretending that there exists an “honor system” in Liberal politics).
This is Bait and Switch.
Kabuki theatre or gaslighting? You decide.
My next band, Kabuki By Gaslight.
If they want to build a pipeline, the feds should pass a law authorizing the Northern Gateway Pipeline exactly as previously authorized. They should pass the law notwithstanding the Charter of Rights nor any other legislation. The legislation should declare itself to be in the public interest.
And call in the appropriate force when the FNs and Eco-fascists object. Their bank accounts need freezing; gander, meet goose.
A successful attack mission to make Smith look like a sucker.
It strains credibility that Smith would believe there was an iota of substance to the Liberals’ claims that they’d push for a pipeline.
“Unavoidable delays”
Not a flaw, it’s a feature
The Indian giveth and the Indian taketh away…
If the Indians weren’t indolent parasites and the Liberals weren’t mewling quims, this wouldn’t be an issue.
If I was PM I would embark on malicious compliance re First Nations consultation.
All drinking water projects must now have full First Nation consultations.
All road repairs, housing spending, etc must have full and complete First Nation consultations.
Each shipment of gasoline or diesel must have full First Nation consultations.
Each consultation must be done one nation at a time. Any suggestions, demands, or comments from an individual First Nation, must be reviewed with every other First Nation individually.
All projects, road repairs, hydrocarbon shipments etc. must have a full and complete environmental assessment.
Plus all of the above for any budget item involving First Nations.
The phrase “Indian Giving” comes to mind.
That only applies to tribes who demand additional payments for land settlements that have already settled repeatedly, for example, the mississauga of the credit getting paid 3 times for the same land.
“In 1880, the Canadian government contracted the Canadian Pacific Railroad to construct the first all-Canadian line to the West Coast. During the next five years, the company laid 4,600 kilometers of single track.”
Try to imagine how long it would take to duplicate Sir John A. Macdonald’s project today!
After five years, we wouldn’t be off Motreal island what with ‘environmentalists’ likely having identified dozens of ‘threatened’ species and the Kahnawake Iroquois manning blockades, etc.
That’s progress, as defined by the Left.
More like $13 billion spent and still not out of the planning stage. That’s after ten years.
They have been planning high speed rail between Toronto and Montreal since the 70s, with the latest $4 billion engineering planning to start this year.
Smith knew full well that the MOU and pipeline was mostly theater. But it got it many people upset and yapping. She is playing the long game and created a real mess for the Libs, natives, BC NDP and others. Every negative comment from any of those groups is actually a plus for AB sovereignty.
Right now there is no where near 50% pro-sovereignty buy-in in AB… everyone knows that. Even the APP and Rath’s outburst at the AGM didn’t move the needle in their direction. They lost ground and credibility and Rath’s personal President choice was defeated. The AB population have to see that Carney and others can’t/won’t push the deal through now or ever and the needle will move in the right direction. Don’t like a pipeline through BC, we will go around you. She made enough other anti-Ottawa moves the past few weeks, over and above sovereignty to really push the lefts’s buttons and cause heads to implode.
To be clear, Smith and AB still hold the ultimate trump card… sovereignty… and she WILL play it when the time is right. You just don’t play that card right now… that would be fool hardy. If there were a referendum held today and the pro side lost, sovereignty would be lost for a generation.
I don’t see how getting booed helps her.
I don’t think it does. But handling it well could help her. And she could be doing that. Outclassing the booers. We shall see.
I think you’re right on this with the proviso that I don’t think the Alberta leadership knows what to do next – they’re just taking it as it comes. I, being an internet comment writer, of course do – see paul530.substack.com for an extended comment on that.
If the feds stopped paying the FN lawyers and stopped the foreign funds they receive, then they would be more realistic. Currently, the FN chiefs can make loads of money without doing anything. Stoppng these funds, and they would realise that the local resources can be beneficial for them.
Huh? What’s the need to obtain indigenous approval? They’re Canadians like everyone else.
Alberta “libertarian” makes deal with liberal globalist!!
“Bipartisan usually means that a larger than usual deception is being carried out.”
George Carlin
Always a sort of a tell when gov deals with indians.
All of their speeches and releases and statements keep saying, over and over, we must deal with them “respectfully.”
Why would this need to be said, unless they do not normally, in the natural human course, garner respect? No one ever has to tell us to deal with NBA players “as tall people.”
And so why would any nation or province or state cripple itself in its dealings with such a small minority of people?
I would submit that it is simply because they provide a huge opportunity for political graft, backed and enforced by society’s fear of ever being called racist. A progressive can get whatever he wants just by implicating some “indian” interest or value.
Just be one people, one nation, and stop artificially dividing yourselves. Or, split up and be done with it.