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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Fair enough, but how is that on the Liberals and not the people who are actively opposing the project - BC, First Nations. What would the Conservatives have done differently to have more progress?
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Declared the Pipeline in the national interest, that would have probably satisfied Kinder to hang on instead of throwing up their arms and selling the thing. Kinder was looking for signs that the Government was committed to the pipeline, instead Trudeau ignored them and waffled and kept quiet and Kinder pulled.
Appealing the FAC decision to the SCC which would have nailed down the concepts of consultation and nailed down other issues.
Shown up at hearings.
Add on, don't show up and have a grinning press conference with a BC Government while handing over a big novelty check. The government had a right to withhold infrastructure transfers for example.