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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
That's a very loaded take on what went down. Rewarding the Trudeau government for the buying and building of the TMX pipeline without properly holding to account the reasons why they had to is akin to rewarding an arsonist for putting out a massive fire they started and/or fanned the flames thereof.
To be fair to Carney and why Albertans should be at a minimum willing to listen, is that what he has said thus far in the campaign and leadership campaign has opened the possibility of helping incentivize 'pathways CCS' forward to 'buy' the carbon license that's potentially required to get a new pipeline aligned with the 'national interest.' Reading between the lines there's enough there to see how he could thread the needle nationally to get something like that done. While the CPC unequivocally supports oil and gas investment and new pipeline infrastructure, they could lack the political capital in provinces that won't naturally cooperate. As this very thread illustrates, many Canadians can be swayed to conservative policies, so long as it's not actually conservatives who are implementing them.
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Why don't you explain those reasons?
May 29, 2016: The NEB recommends approval of the pipeline, subject to 157 conditions, concluding that it is in the public interest.
Nov. 29, 2016: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his cabinet has approved the Trans Mountain project, subject to 157 conditions aimed at addressing potential Indigenous, socio-economic and environmental impacts. The Trudeau government also approves Enbridge’s Line 3 project, but rejects the Enbridge-backed Northern Gateway project.
May 25, 2017: Kinder Morgan announces its final investment decision, saying it will proceed with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion as long as it secures satisfactory financing for the project through its initial public offering.
So where did Trudeau kill this pipeline? What fire did they start? They approved the thing, 6 months later the company announced they would build the thing. He didn't make any changes to the NEB until after the KM announcement so it was still operating under the conditions of the previous government.