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Originally Posted by Locke
Its like we've learned nothing from the COVID pandemic.
"Maybe we should be more self-reliant?"
Nope.
Why is the US comfortable killing the pipeline? Because they're mostly energy self-sufficient.
We could be too....we're just too goddamned stupid.
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I've been calling for a realistic, unified, national strategy for a while now in Canada. For lack of a better term we need a new National Energy Program that actually allows for continued hydrocarbon development in Canada, new transportation options, energy security and affordability and alternative energy research and development. Unfortunately we haven't had the leadership to undertake such a policy decision due to partisan politics and it is beginning to bite us and it will hurt the nation as whole in the future.
I've said it before and I know that a lot of people disagree with me and laugh at me but I think that a cornerstone of the new energy strategy is going to be in nationalizing parts of the energy industry. The ability to get natural resources developed in the west to supply the east shouldn't be a civil war type of battle. It needs to be viewed on a national scale as opposed to regionally.