6 Replies to “Here’s what the feds officially said about that pipeline deal last week”

  1. Regarding oil, the Canadian government has one foot on the gas and one foot on the brake. They want the money and independence from the US that building pipelines brings, while simultaneously catering to the strong anti-carbon wing of the Liberal Party.

    1. Ah yes, the tried and true election strategy that has yielded success for the LPC for generations.
      Promise to be all things to all people, say whatever you have to say to get elected and there isn’t a social program too vague to fund on credit to buy those votes.

  2. After ten years of groveling and begging Ottawa we finally have received permission to …… apply for permits from half a dozen federal agencies that all hate oil and that can all stop the pipeline approval.
    No one else has to beg and grovel to this degree to sell their own products.

    Worth watching:
    “Among provinces in the federation, only Alberta must go through the humiliating ritual of grovelling and negotiating with the federal government to develop its industries and export its products. Ontario’s premier doesn’t have to beg for permission to expand automotive manufacturing, nor does Quebec have to snivel if it wants to expand a maple syrup plantation. Alberta, however, is reduced to having to offer concessions to be allowed to do what every other oil-producing jurisdiction on the planet does without hesitation.”

    https://youtu.be/5Wph3RIVkA8

  3. The federal position as follows
    We promise to make promises to sign memorandum to negotiate approval for a pipeline as long as those opposing said pipeline agree to let it happen and Alberta pays more money to Ottawa for specious and dubious reasons.

    Which if you think you’re suffering from Déjà vu, no you are not.
    These are the same conditions PM Leisure Suit Larry made for Alberta to have a pipeline.

    1. As sad as it is the only way any private money will be invested in oil against the real political risk in Canada now is with a full backstop and guarantee by the provincial government.
      We’re officially a banana republic now for investors.
      While the Liberal government is insane and irrational they are not an aberration, they kept getting elected by equally insane liberal voters and that will continue.
      Future Liberal governments can stop the pipeline or other project before it’s completed or even shut it down after it’s up and running. Look at Germany’s electrical generating insanity.
      In their MSM corrupted minds they believe that destroying western Canada’s oil industry will save the planet from Covid Warming…

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