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Originally Posted by 14Roman14
While far out of the reach of the ability of the Alberta government, there is still a mandate saying healthy individuals cannot enter the US. While minimal, there are still policies in place pertaining to COVID , and if the NDP been in would likely still be more in place yet.
I personally don’t see it as a divide, but a pledge to do better if/when a similar situation arises in the future.
I do believe the sovereignty act has potential to be very good for Albertans and protect us if being stomped on by Ottawa. It doesn’t have to be used all the time but can be enacted in a time of Albertans feel like their best interests aren’t being taken seriously or to our full potential. Why would investment run from a province who has the ability to have more control over prosperity and the prosperity of those who invest in our province.
How did allowing Ottawa to squash any and all pipelines help with investment? Why not try and take back some ability to control our destiny over bad policy for our area?
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How does the sovereignty act help more pipelines get constructed? The current federal government will have the Line 3 expansion and TMX come online. With TMX in particular the current government saved the pipeline after regulatory failures of the previous government. So I guess I don’t understand the basis for the statement quash any and all pipelines. I also don’t see how the sovereignty act would helped Northern Gateway or Keystone get constructed.
As to why the sovereignty act kills investment is it creates an uncertain regulatory regime in the province. How can you invest if it’s uncertain any of the laws and regulations actually apply. Say for instance the sovereignty act is used to try to fight the carbon tax. Would a company invest using economics based on not having to pay carbon taxes on emmissions? Or would they have to wait until the resultant court cases over the constitutionality of the act are settled.
Any good business would wait or not account for it in economics or seek guarantees from the province that they would not be liable for any violation of federal regulations. In any case uncertainty is going to harm business investment
Can you explain an instance of being “stomped by Ottawa” that you believe the sovereignty act will help?