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CaptainCrunch · 02-10-2018, 05:07 PM

Except that Alberta gets blackmailed and has to give in.

So to for example make that up, we need to charge BC a carbon tax on top of a road and rail maintenance fund for all goods transported across Alberta and into Alberta from BC to market, that works out to 2 billion dollars a year.

Or Quebec in order to make up budget shortfalls decides that they need to find a way to stop electricity from New Brunswick to get to their markets, or their seafood or whatever, and the government negotiates a pay out to Quebec.

It can't be allowed, I'm sorry, but BC can't receive a financial reward for acting illegally or any other kind of award that's at all brokered by the Federal Government where a province has to pay them to get their trade goods to tide water. If that has to happen, then why do we have a constitution that supposedly governs inter provincial relations?

At this point it doesn't matter if Alberta is using the pipelines to get Oil to the ports, or chicken soup, or turkey's in a can.

The re-enforcement from the Federal Government has to be punitive not rewarding.

Notley's actions really aren't about Alberta vs BC, because we all know that Horgan can't and won't relent on his way to his end game which is to get this thing tied up until Kinder Morgan says f all of you guys and kills this project. He can't relent because it puts him into a political grave. He's not going to to step back and say "Go ahead and build this boys" because at that point, that will be the end of him as the premiere of BC.

This is about Notley keeping this in the limelight and basically shouting at the Federal Government that they have to do their jobs.

At the end of the day, its lose, lose for all three parties.

Horgan - Political death
Notley - If the shovels don't hit the ground, the more likely of the likely lose of power
Trudeau - Pisses off his 18 seats in BC, pisses off the environmentalists who fought Harper in the last election and picked him over the NDP. Or royally pisses off the province of Alberta if he delays and doesn't come out strongly on their side.

02-10-2018, 05:07 PM	#57
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	Except that Alberta gets blackmailed and has to give in. So to for example make that up, we need to charge BC a carbon tax on top of a road and rail maintenance fund for all goods transported across Alberta and into Alberta from BC to market, that works out to 2 billion dollars a year. Or Quebec in order to make up budget shortfalls decides that they need to find a way to stop electricity from New Brunswick to get to their markets, or their seafood or whatever, and the government negotiates a pay out to Quebec. It can't be allowed, I'm sorry, but BC can't receive a financial reward for acting illegally or any other kind of award that's at all brokered by the Federal Government where a province has to pay them to get their trade goods to tide water. If that has to happen, then why do we have a constitution that supposedly governs inter provincial relations? At this point it doesn't matter if Alberta is using the pipelines to get Oil to the ports, or chicken soup, or turkey's in a can. The re-enforcement from the Federal Government has to be punitive not rewarding. Notley's actions really aren't about Alberta vs BC, because we all know that Horgan can't and won't relent on his way to his end game which is to get this thing tied up until Kinder Morgan says f all of you guys and kills this project. He can't relent because it puts him into a political grave. He's not going to to step back and say "Go ahead and build this boys" because at that point, that will be the end of him as the premiere of BC. This is about Notley keeping this in the limelight and basically shouting at the Federal Government that they have to do their jobs. At the end of the day, its lose, lose for all three parties. Horgan - Political death Notley - If the shovels don't hit the ground, the more likely of the likely lose of power Trudeau - Pisses off his 18 seats in BC, pisses off the environmentalists who fought Harper in the last election and picked him over the NDP. Or royally pisses off the province of Alberta if he delays and doesn't come out strongly on their side. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!