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Originally Posted by FlameyMcFlameFace
So sounds like Danielle Smith is indeed backing our federal government. Thats a good thing.
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It not only politically expedient, doing otherwise would be suicide.
The unavoidable reality is that there is a tightrope to walk on the energy exports that doesn't apply to other products. Ford was asked about what he'd say to Moe and Smith about AB and SK exports being US-reliant and their potential hesitancy to take steps that would increase the economic impact to their constituents like adding export taxes on uranium, potash and energy products, and he completely ignored the AB side of it and talked at length about how Moe should sell those products to other buyers elsewhere in the world, and how everyone wants his uranium. Obviously a lot harder to do that with oil when you don't have the infrastructure.
If they come out of their meeting this afternoon with a plan that involves fast track approval for pipelines "east, west and north", as Ford suggested in his speech today, that would probably help.