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Originally Posted by Major Major
Is the environmental regulatory process already in place in Quebec, or are they making it up as they go along? Do it's other industry, namely port and transport related follow the same process? If so, I think it's reasonable and even expected that this hurtle exist. If this is a filibuster, not yet in place, or purposely too difficult to fulfill, then I would expect strong arming, mostly at the federal level... If Notley comes out firing when Quebec is only looking for due process, it could create problems ala Harper and Redford. Don't really know, but I essentially expect that politicians will disappoint me regardless of party, so I expect by the end of their tenure, I'll believe that Notley and Trudeau are idiots.
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Except that the provincial environmental impact is part of the Federal NEB review.
What Quebec wants to do is have their own provincial review of something that's already being reviewed federally. They're also trying to state that something that is guaranteed in the constitution as a federal power which is the transport of provincial goods should be controlled at a provincial level.
I believe what they're also doing is putting this in to blackmail Alberta for a share of their energy revenues. Hey we can make this nasty old lawsuit disappear if you just pay us a percentage of every bit of oil in that dirty old pipeline.
What they're doing is trying to starve us out.
Its pretty simple.
And it looks funnier because Notley basically got on her knees to the Quebec premier when she got into office and promised to implement this ridiculous carbon tax and become an environmental savior to this province in exchange for cooperation from Quebec and Ontario. And then she got stabbed int he back by both provinces.
To be honest the minute that this lawsuit was filed, the Canadian Natural Resource Minister in Ottawa should have gotten on the phone with the Premiere of Quebec and said "Hey what the f are you doing. This is a federal review matter and has nothing to do with you idiots"