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Originally Posted by Barnission
I don't understand. The BC NDP, who decide to reject literally everything logical if it means gaining a slight bit of political capital, have unequivocally rejected the pipeline, as you even said.
To claim there is no point in negotiating with British Columbia is ludicrous and asinine. Clark is acting is desperate (she stayed silent on the issue for months, and then came out a few days ago screaming), but there is obviously leeway. Again, as I said, there is too much to lose for Clark to not accept the pipeline eventually.
Seriously, Clark only came to a decision a week ago, put out some outrageous demands that have been sensationalized by the media, and you want to shut the door? That's laughable, to be honest, and I don't mean to be rude, but come on. That's a knee-jerk reaction at best.
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The reason there is no point to negotiating with her is she has no incentive to negotiate in good faith. She's going to be ousted in the next election barring something miraculous, such as being able to bring home an absurd share of the royalties from the pipeline. As such she has no reason to be make reasonable demands, because unless she's bringing back an absurd amount of royalty revenue, the people of her province will vote her out (and when I mean absurd, I mean closer to 20% from the 8% they would currently get).
At that point it is too stupid economically for the people of BC to pass up, allowing Christy to sneak in the back door to get re-elected. But if she agrees to the pipeline conditions as is, she'll be tossed out right quick. Christy's first concern is her own self-survival, and as such I'd have no interest in negotiating with her.