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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
This to me is what bugs me just not about Trudeau but politicians as a whole over the last 20 years.
Basically every answer is, we're going to have discussions. We're going to talk to some guys. We're going to have frank conferences.
At some point, stfu and do something.
For Trudeau, every answer is we're going to talk, and make people feel good about talking.
But I fear that when it comes time to do anything, nothing is going to be the answer.
It reminds me of a joke that we used to tell where a politician is asked about his position on something and the answer was
"Well I can't give you an answer to this question now except to let you know that we're taking it seriously, but as a government we're going to form a committee to look at it, and discuss it and debate all points of it, and get to the meat of the matter. But until we have a chance to fit this into the calendar, I can give you a clear answer that its a definite, probable maybe"
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OK, so lets hear what the plan should be? Given that the pipelines haven't been approved by the NEB, and they have to go through that process, what exactly would you like to see?
I know the answer that is coming is along the lines of "he should say he will definitely approve them." I actually think he is right in his approach to not wade into that before the NEB conducts their review though. If the pipelines are going to be rammed down peoples throats with no consultation, you will have other problems with implementation. I'm a pretty firm believer that if Northern Gateway was going to go forward with that kind of attitude you would have seen a Supreme Court challenge by the First Nations in BC. So yeah...maybe this process is going to take some time, but things that would take even longer. That doesn't even get to the point of blockades and all kinds of other civil disobedience and disruptions.
And lastly, his quote (which wasn't a direct quote by the way), does say something. It says we tried the other way for ten years and it didn't work. He is trying a different tact and thinks it will work. Seems straight-forward to me actually.
I might just be eternally optimistic that it will work. But really I hope that his tactics are successful in getting at least one if not more pipelines built. I think its long overdue, and if getting that done means some consultation and pacification then I'm more or less fine with that. Just find a way to get it done.