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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Welcome to politics my friend. Harper campaigned on changing Equalization to help Alberta but the second he got a chance at power he immediatly shelved it because it would kill him in Quebec.
From what the experts in this thread said - the appearance at the court would very likely have made no difference in the process so why lose politcal points over it.
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Also the FN appeal hasn't actually stopped work on TMX. The FCA has not granted an injunction while the appeal is happening.
It's possible that the government of Canada is extremely certain of their win, such that had they presented their evidence, the FCA would have just thrown the case out. At that point, the headlines of the FN throwing a hissy fit would have created huge talking points, and we might have had an even worse case scenario (a strong NDP or Green rather than near-status quo).
It's definitely politics, but in this particular case, I think it helped us.