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Originally Posted by ThePrince
I mean, two of the four things you listed (provincial issues and environmental assessments) are something that are directly influenced and controlled by the federal government, and what we’ve seen over the last decade is that the government has had no interest in alleviating these burdens (eg. Bill C-69).
You can throw your hands in the air and say it’s difficult to change these things, but step 1 is having a government in place that is willing to prioritize them. I think until you see some changes on that front, it’s harder to say that the free market is to blame, and it’s especially difficult to put blame on the free market when it has behaved exactly as the free market is intended to. Only by completing step 1 first can you actually argue that the free market is to blame.
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I don't know if the Feds can influence provincial government issues; but the environmental issues are a balance.
I'm not going to sit here and say damn all environmental assessments, build baby build - nor do i think most Canadians would.
On the provincial side, Some premiers like Clark in BC and what's his face in Quebec were purposefully being antagonistic to demand better deals for their provinces. Ill call bull#### on that, but i guess DS has adopted the same technique. Plus, when Alberta asking other provinces to take on the environmental burden (among other burdens) of a pipeline while simultaneously trying to take their ball and go home by arguing for no equalization payments, i can see why certain provinces say #### you.
A fed government entering that fray could be a constitutional crisis, but i only took Constitution law 101 and was done after that.
We could try and make Canada a more unitary state - but i can name 2 provinces that would balk at that.