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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
This isn't accurate. First of all, the Saskatchewan government is fighting this tooth and nail, and it's not unreasonable for Albertans to want a government that would do the same.
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Tooth and nail with the understanding that what may actually be wrong about the carbon tax was that federal taxes are supposed to be implemented equally across the country, allowing provinces to implement their own (again under constraints set and approval received from the federal government) was what was wrong. If they win, all it means is that the federal (Liberal) government will have to come up with the exact carbon tax giving no control to the province. So winning is losing until the Liberals are out.
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Second, there are a ton of ways to implement a carbon tax in a manner that's actually revenue neutral, or is otherwise offset to make it relatively benign. It's totally reasonable to say you don't support the NDP because of the carbon tax.
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It still needed to get approved at the federal level. Not really sure what you think could have been implemented that would have been "benign."
But I do agree that the NDP could have done better with it but with the understanding that what they were actually doing was trying to get us "social licence" for pipelines. So it's just not enough for it to be a talking point.
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
In a vacuum, I'd agree; the province should not have a role in determining whether an inter-provincial undertaking like a pipeline to tidewater gets constructed... except we've seen, since 2015, that the exact opposite is the current reality in this country. The BC government, and politicians in Quebec, have quite effectively frustrated major projects that they have absolutely no constitutional authority over. I've set out why I think the equalization payments referendum is utter nonsense, but at the same time, I can understand Transplant's sentiment about feeling like we're getting screwed, and wanting to fight dirty, since we basically seem to be Walter Sobchak at this point.
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Preventing pipelines in your province is a different beast than constructing them in a different province. It shouldn't be, but of course it is.