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I agree that Canada needs to control its own destiny. There is a reason why federal governments are the approval authority for such infrastructure, not provinces. And the federal government needs to be stronger transactionally to say that there will be consequences for pure obstructionism.

On the flip side, Alberta needs to get more serious about its climate plans in conjunction with capacity expansion. I thought the NDP struck the right chord in this regard, the UCP not so much. Too many leaders dismiss these concerns too blithely and trade in a weird sort of climate denialism. A lot of people react in the same visceral manner to concerns about the impacts and risks of climate change in the way that most Albertans are reacting to coal mining on our eastern slopes. We dismiss this at our peril. I thought some people brought really good ideas on how to reduce emissions in conjunction with projects - including leveraging things like wind, co-gen, nuclear, etc, etc. That has to be front in centre in the discourse nationally. The perception is companies, our government, and a majority of citizens, just don't give a damn. That won't fly.