^ That article sounds like a stereotypical red-necked Albertan. The environment MUST be protected and its both government, citizens, and industries job to do that. I have no problem with the government saying that there are certain areas of the province that you simply can not drill in. Take a look at ANWR in Alaska.
The Mackenzie Pipeline is an ENORMOUS project. Its not something you can push through in a matter of a couple weeks, or months. Its hard enough dealing with landowners and indians on getting a single MSL let alone thousands of kms of big dia. pipe.
The notion of having a multi-jurisdiction accord on regulatory (eg. ERCB, NEB, AEP, etc.) is a fairly tale. I really dont think we'd ever get to that point, but it would be nice.
The fact is that Stelmach royally (pardon the pun) screwed up the royalty framework in AB and that is what the issue is. I really do think that AB was in for some serious pain in 2009 anyways without the massive drop in oil prices. That just compounds the problem.
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