This should be a wake up call to Canadians, that we enjoy our standard of living at the US discretion. That whole Obama trip up here 4 years ago to pat Justin on the head didn't seem to add up to much when Justin needed a real favor back. Day 1 cancellation basically means Biden think much about Canada's position here. This was an American politician looking after his base voter, allies be damned (Didn't we just hate that the last 4 years?)
Anyways, If we were/are smart we would have, and maybe still can build export pipelines on our land. We control that. We could use that money to pay the bills that are coming due, and transition to green on our terms. Heck we could actually help Indigenous people by partnering! We should legislate that, or sell it to them to operate!
As much as the Liberals like to politicize everything to avoid making hard decisions, this is one staring them in the face. They killed 2 pipelines they had control over to appease Quebec and BC. They hurt Indigenous owners in the process. Now are staring at maybe 1 left, and it isn't nearly enough to not leave good money the country needs on the table.
My guess is there is some embarrassment in Ottawa tonight, only for poor Justin and the Liberals who thought they would be getting a better partner in the South. The Obama bro who should have done a solid for another Obama bro? That is how it works right? No!?! but but Environment and Progressive politics!
As been preached for years now, need to put on our big boy pants and deicide if outside forces and separatists will decide our future, or we will control our own path.
If you keep borrowing money to pay for things you lose control. Sometimes we need to trade off to make sure we are not sliding to a position where the lenders are dictating what we are going to do with our country. I feel tonight that it is unfortunately clear where we are heading quickly.
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