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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Canada and the provinces who were against the pipelines to the east and west have no one to blame but themselves. The whole point of those projects was to help Canada get away from depending too much on one nation or one thing. Hard not to point at these jokers and say we told you so.
We have three coastal lines. There is no excuse that they cannot access ports for their resources. What other country in the world would have this sort of problem?
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And they were the first to pile on Smith for not being a team player trying to protect Alberta’s interests. I know for a fact Horgan had a stack of legal opinions that said his attempts to stop TMX grossly exceeded provincial jurisdiction, yet he refused to stand down and after costing the parties millions in legal fees was ultimately slapped by a unanimous decision of his own BC Court of Appeal. So I could care less about the inevitable hit to the BC economy.
Years ago Jack Mintz pitched a national utility corridor along the border with the NWT that would have put this country on a path to prosperity but of course the idea was rejected immediately.
Canada has been a country that refused and continues to refuse to get out if its own way and now we are all going to pay dearly.