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Originally Posted by Delgar
Its called confederation. If we're part of a country with the federal government having jurisdiction over pipelines crossing provincial boundaries for international commerce, why should BC pretend they have a veto? They don't if the feds decide to flex their muscle.
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So then your complaint should be that Harper has been soft on a Western pipeline, right? I wasn't debating the legality of the pipeline. Yeah, a federal government could push the pipeline through against BC's wishes, so long as that party is fine with being crushed there in the next election. And that's not even getting into the logistical nightmare that building a pipeline against the wishes of the general public would be (protests, sabotage, etc.).