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Originally Posted by GullFoss
Churchill probably isn't viable. The government of Alberta does have the cards to get a pipeline built, and get the industry to largely pay for it and they probably need a piplein to tidewater in order to improve pricing power (and therefore royalty dollars paid to the government), especially with what's going on in the US.
It's shocking to me that more albertans aren't on board with this given how important maximizing those royalty dollars are to our public finances. If you do the math of how important these oil sands royalties become to Alberta over the next 10 years...it's really something.
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Albertan Canadian should be HUGELY supportive of pipelines. It’s a direct input to quality of life for future generations and the money generated will be used for public good (health care, education, etc.) for generations. It’s very unfortunate how political it’s become, and that’s on everyone, not just one or two leaders or one or two parties.
I think industry and the government/ media writ large have done an absolutely horrendous job in being honest about how critical the infrastructure could be for all Canadians. I do understand BCs reluctance as they bear the largest risk, but the risk is so overblown it’s crazy and I personally think reasonable people should be able to strike a deal.