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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Fine you want my plan
First of all, if I was prime minister, I would announce that on Monday, all Unemployment insurance benefits for Alberta and workers laid off from the Oil patch have been extended by a minimum of 6 months.
I would list the pipelines that are under review and set a firm date of a maximum of 18 months for the review. If we have to hire more people to do it, then I would do that.
I would also announce that anyone that is receiving funding from a out of Canada environmental group will not be allowed to participate, also we will only see Canadian based Environmental groups.
I would strongly announce that if it goes through the NEB process and is approved within that next 18 months that the Federal Government will not oppose it.
I would also remind Provincial and Municipal Governments that the transport of Canadian goods across provincial lines is a Federal matter and that we will do what's best for Canada Economically
I would declare a economic state of emergency and announce that whats good for Quebec is good for Alberta and would increase the joke of an emergency fund at $250 million will increase to a billion dollars to help the workers with retraining, relocation credits if it has to happen to find employment, and other programs.
I would release the funds slated for infrastructure spending as soon as the budget was released.
Then because I have a majority government I would suspend democracy and declare myself dictator for life.
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A lot of that though is stuff that the federal government has already taken the lead on. They brought up the stabilization fund, improvements to Alberta workers for EI and fast-tracking the infrastructure spending. They haven't named you dictator, but its early in their mandate!
I do totally agree that foreign funded environmental groups should not be involved in the decision, and I do agree that this is a matter under federal jurisdiction so at the end they get the final say (not cities or provinces as much as they might like to think they should).