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Originally Posted by Mull
Careful with this Harper gets more credit for Transmountain then Justin.
Without Harper there is no Jasper section, with no Jasper section, I doubt it gets built. I also don't think Harper would of dropped the ball and had to buy it like Justin did, but who knows, maybe I am over estimating his authority to get it approved.
Line 3 replacement which was bringing up capacity back to the old limits definitely was planned under Harper (and I think approved, I can't recall)
That said, I don't Harper did a good job on the pipeline portfolio at all -I do think they both suck but I give him the slide edge over Justin.
Want to talk supporting AB oil and gas? Point out Justin's investment in cleaning up our wells. That was literal billions of dollars poured into AB oil and gas from the Liberals.
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Transmountain: Final approval was under Trudeau. Also buying it was the only way to make sure it got done. Anyone who wants to split credit on getting the project approved (which if JT is so anti Alberta, why did it get approved under his government?), has to admit that Trudeau made the hard decision and ponied up to ACTUALLY get it done
Line 3 replacement also received final approval under JT.
Anyone who wants to push the narrative that JT is so hostile to the Alberta oil and gas sector needs to answer why it is that more oil egress has been approved/actually started construction under JT than Harper.
You also make a great point about the well clean up. That was a direct subsidy for oil and gas companies during a significant downturn, clearly something only an anti Alberta zealot would do.
Finally, let's not forget that the whole reason cabinet can have final say on these projects is because the Harper government changed the rules to make it so.
It was a Conservative government that created the mechanism that gives JT the power to kill projects.
A lot of people really need to examine their belief that Conservative governments are better for the Alberta economy/have Alberta's interests in mind, because it's AT BEST a wash.