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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
Sure. All we can say for sure is that the Liberals are ####ing up hard right now in our current unfortunate timeline. A report just got released saying cabinet is asking for a delay on a decision now pushing back the timeline on the project further and nullifying the summer construction season. But what's another year right? No big deal, not like this needs to be solved quickly in any way. Let's spend another 12 months living on the razor edge of takeaway capacity with the provincial government curtailing production and buying railcars all to appease groups that are acting in bad faith. The important thing is to speculate wildly on what the CPC would or would not do.
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You and I just have a differing view on what makes sense here. You're not wrong that we could and maybe should ram the pipeline through at all costs. I just question whether (A) that's actually sensible and (B) whether any party/government would actually do that. I don't believe they will. Obviously, we can see by their approach that the Liberals aren't going to do that.
The current "delay" is the same one from the fall. The courts said that they needed to consult with the First Nations and they're doing that. So yeah, the NEB approved this and says it should go forward, but the consultation still has to be completed. It would be silly to come out today and say "yeah, go ahead and we're good to go" only to have that consultation issue left hanging out there unresolved. There is no way that would be struck with an injunction immediately, and you have to realise that? Even the approval from the NEB is going to be challenged already, and that was literally just completed, so there's no way that you could think we could decide not to do that consultation and somehow evade legal recourse?