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Originally Posted by Locke
I dont know where you're going with this.
This was the very definition of 'Screwing Yourself' and thats putting it politely because this site has a swear filter.
There was a private company that was ready, willing and able to do it. The Government simply couldnt get out of their own way in terms of permits and approvals and at the end of the day, when something was for the public good but the Government didnt have the testicular fortitude to just do what was right they were forced into an unenviable endgame.
Make no mistake, the Government purchasing that pipeline wasnt a positive. It was a last-ditch scenario of their own making.
And now here we are. But in no way was this a good thing.
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I thought the federal government approved TransMountain. Was it because it wasn't litigation proof or something that Kinder Morgan wanted to take the risk itself? Would that have required being declared "of national importance" or something?
I'm asking what actual tactics are needed to get out of the quandary. I agree market access is an important issue. Current tactics of being mad at opponents and calling them stupid and not getting it, while psychologically satisfying, hasn't worked. So, what do you actually do?