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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
The social license failure debate is an interesting topic. A number of people say it failed but the reality is that support for pipelines has increased since Notley has held office. While it may not have gotten the project completed as of yet, it’s hard to argue that it hasn’t had any effect. The whole point was getting more of the country to support Alberta’s oil industry, it’s hard to argue that wasn’t the case.
An article from 2016 where Canadian support for TMX was 41%:
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/national...posed-poll/amp
And another from 2018 where support had increased to 56%:
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/globalne...psos-poll/amp/ |
That has to do with education not carbon tax. More people understand what it is, what it does and how stupid opposition to it is now than before.