National energy corridor? Pipelines? Not mentioned in throne speech, but “energy superpower” is.
Eyre’s federal election post-mortem
Bronwyn Eyre: “Elbows Up” for the Provinces Against the Ottawa Hegemons!
Note: Eyre and Pipeline Online editor Brian Zinchuk will be cohosting the Pipeline Online Podcast at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 12. The guest will be E. Craig Lothian, who has run many oil companies in Saskatchewan over the years. Watch live on X, Facebook or LinkedIn. And if you do watch live, you can comment or ask questions in real time.
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National debate on energy
National leaders debate on energy, verbatim. You can bet pipelines were discussed.
Did something just change?
Trump’s call with Carney shows possible change in trade war
Carny coronation op-ed
Op-Ed: Deidra Garyk: Carney Coronated as “Unelected” Canadian Prime Minister by Liberals and Media With Only 0.3% of Canada’s Population
No joke, apparently
Trudeau now thinks Trump is not joking about taking over Canada.
I think this whole tariff thing about drugs has been smoke and mirrors from the beginning, and now so, too, does the Canadian government.
TORONTO, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said U.S. President Donald Trump’s talk about absorbing Canada “is a real thing” and is linked to the country’s rich natural resources, a government source said.
I would like to point out I wrote a column about this two weeks ago that got little attention, likely because it was swamped by inauguration day. But it seems reality is catching up. Here’s that column, talking about the fact one should not expect a takeover of Canada to be peaceful. Now I realize a lot of people on here might think the US taking over Canada would be the best thing ever. Not everyone shares that opinion. I spoke to a few people today who used to wear a uniform and humped a pack, and they independently told me they’re basically oiling their rifles and sharpening their knives. And both pointed out that two thirds of international war crimes legislation was written as a result of Canadian actions in prior wars.
(Kate, coming in late: Setting aside Trudeau’s political Hail Mary into the end zone of Canadian paranoia, I think the jittery riflemen can stand down. Beijing has no intention of selling Canada to Trump.)
Most divisive and economically damaging PM in history
Brad Wall: Trudeau was the manifestly the most divisive and economically damaging prime minister of any in our history
Bronwyn Eyre: The Green Slush Fund era may be finally over, but hands off our pensions!
Also, note that the planned first edition of the Pipeline Online Grimes Sales and Service Podcast is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Jan. 20. I’ll post more details as that comes up. Eyre will be my co-host, and for the first one we’re talking royalties and maybe a bit more.
Trudeau’s done, and the oilpatch rejoices!
Trudeau’s Done! And the oilpatch rejoices! For everyone who put a “F— Trudeau” sticker on their truck or hardhat, Monday was a day of celebration.
Freeland resigns!
Does this imply she has no confidence in Trudeau? Her letter says he has no confidence in her.
See my letter to the Prime Minister below // Veuillez trouver ma lettre au Premier ministre ci-dessous pic.twitter.com/NMMMcXUh7A
— Chrystia Freeland (@cafreeland) December 16, 2024
Watching CBC News Network is rather entertaining. The CBC is in full meltdown mode. For a bit there it looked like Rosemary Barton might issue a tear. Or maybe I was just seeing that through rose coloured glasses?
CBC
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigns from Trudeau’s cabinet
National Post
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigns ahead of economic update
Team Canada
Bronwyn Eyre: Fractured Federation: How the Liberals Destroyed ‘Team Canada’
When I was Energy Minister, American investors would ask me, “What have you guys got going on up there?…What country does that to itself?”
Jordan Peterson: In Defense of Canada
This video has little to do with energy and everything to do with how this country’s military has gone to hell in a handbasket. Dr. Jordan Peterson speaks with retired a retired three-star admiral and former head of the Royal Canadian Navy, a three-star army general and a retired air force major. They tear apart DEI and the woke reality in the military today.
If you care at all about the Canadian Armed Forces, or ever served, you should watch or listen to this.
Also, on the nuclear front:
‘Ontario’s moment:’ Minister says Canada building blueprint for nuclear energy future
And it turns out pipelines make money. Who’da thunk it?
Enbridge makes progress on utility purchases; raises earnings forecast
It’s not 2024, it’s 1984
The reaction was fast and furious to this horrible intrusion on freedom of speech.
There is no way in hell Pipeline Online will be censored in this manner. I did not wear an air force officer’s reservist’s uniform for seven years to be gagged by my own federal government. A lot of companies, and individuals, feel the same. Here’s their statements:
Oilpatch to Ottawa: To hell with your gag law.
Here’s first evidence of the new law in action. It wasn’t the last.
Pathways Alliance oilsands group removes all website, social media content
Also:
Alberta environment minister unworried by movement toward methane tariffs
Top 10 Saskatchewan conventional oil wells for April
1984, here, and soon to be now
Remember when Charlie Angus was unsuccessful in his private members bill to muzzle promoting oil and gas? Turns out the NDP-Liberal coalition means he wasn’t so unsuccessful after all, and the Saskatchewan government is crying foul. Is anyone else?
But if I go to jail for this, the Sask NDP energy critic said she’ll join me and the attorney general in the same cell.
When did we become 1984? Saskatchewan fighting oil and gas gag law inserted in federal budget
Harper to speak in Weyburn
Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper to headline the Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show in Weyburn June 5-6. He speaks at noon on June 6.
Remember when he said the Liberals were promising teeny tiny deficits? Fortune teller, that one. “The budget will balance itself.”
Speaking of the oil show, there are a number of people who will be honored for their life’s work. Dean Gilliss is the first profile I’ve written this year.
Also: Apparently April 22 was Earth Day. Who knew? I must have missed that one. Anyhow, Biden used it as an excuse to throw another $7 billion at solar.
Ottawa, take your journalism subsidy and shove it!
Mainstream media is dying. Pipeline Online currently has almost 10x as many display ads as the Leader Post Tuesday edition. So the federal Liberals are going to conveniently increase their journalism subsidy substantially, just as an election could happen at any time. Imagine that.
As my own boss, I can tell you, Pipeline Online does not accept any federal subsidies, not will it apply for any.
Which of the other media will say the same?
This is 1979, on the way to Orwell’s 1984
I will be attending federal Minister of Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson’s event with the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce in Regina on June 28. He will be talking about the “just transition,” which means to do away with the oil and gas sector, one of Saskatchewan’s most important industries. But you won’t be able to share any of my stories coming from that event on Facebook, or Instagram. I don’t even know if you can privately share it on Facebook Messenger. Likely not. So a federal minister might be speaking about the demise of your industry and livelihood, and you can’t share or even read those stories through Facebook. There’s a wee possibility that “just transitioning” your job out of existence might upset you. But that story will be verboten on Facebook. As will every other story.
Here’s the editorial on it. Read now, before more blocking takes place.
#Justinflation at the food store could defeat the Liberals
Brian Zinchuk: How Brie cheese could defeat a French-Canadian prime minister. And note, the cheese is from Quebec!
We’re only going to be able to buy electric vehicles: Trudeau
One of the things Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talked about during his April 13 town hall in Regina was the idea that we’re only going to be able to buy electric vehicles by 2035, and we’re going to produce the lithium for them.
Didn’t see that one coming
If you didn’t see the post yesterday about CBC taking Justin Trudeau to task about natural resources and letting the premier know he’s coming, Pipeline Online transcribed those key parts of the interview for your reading pleasure. CBC played the clip of Lamettie for Trudeau, which he at first denies, then acknowledges.
Just as the world cries out for Canadian LNG, “No business case” Trudeau has totally failed us
First Germany comes to Canada, looking for LNG (liquefied natural gas). Then Japan. And we have nothing to give them. Why?
Justin Trudeau. That’s why. And his merry band of anti-energy protestors and ministers.
While the US has moved fast and hard to get LNG export facilities in place over the last decade, Canada has dragged its feet and stubbed its toe. We let protestors (Coastal GasLink), provincial governments (Quebec) and the federal government (Energie Saguenay) get in the way. Now, while the world is crying for LNG from Canada, we have nothing – NOTHING – to give them.
What else would you expect from a government who killed the Northern Gateway and Energy East pipelines? That scared off Teck from its $20 billion Frontier oil sands project? That hardly whimpered when Biden killed Keystone XL?
The only way this will change is if we have a change in government in Ottawa, and a change in attitude in this nation. We can’t be Can’tada any longer. The world needs us.