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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
Alberta doesn't have the jurisdiction to build a pipeline anywhere outside of the province so claiming that it is Alberta policy which dictated not being able to build a pipeline to the east is quite a stretch. If Alberta could enact policy like that there would have been a pipeline running to Quebec a long time ago.
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Alberta literally fought against this. A pipeline to the East was part of the NEP. Becoming energy self-sufficient rather than needing buy foreign oil was a federal goal in the 60s and 70s, and Alberta fought against it every step of the way because it was better (see: cheaper) to sell as much to the US as possible.
Again, 'Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark' was in response to "Central Canada" trying to get Alberta oil. The NEP was a federal attempt to strong arm getting it. Tariffs on oil exports were an attempt to make it more economical to get oil sold in Canada rather than sell to the US. Oil export requirements in NAFTA were celebrated by guaranteeing a supply to our most lucrative customer, but those requirements meant that finding other export markets wasn't in the cards until well into the 2000s.