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Originally Posted by Wolven
That is the Alberta point of view. Try and think about it from the BC point of view, or any other Canadian outside of Alberta. Alberta getting a federally funded pipeline when no other province is getting federally funded pipelines is how the other provinces view the situation.
I know this is hard to do, but maybe you should take a moment to listen to someone else's point of view and try to internalize it instead of ignoring it and pretending you know better. I mean, you couldn't even watch an 11 minute video to get informed on how BC's government feels about your pipe dream.
TMX is barely even up and running and Smith is already demanding more and saying "Canada is broken" if she doesn't get her demands met. Absurd.
Maybe Alberta should focus on optimizing what they have and shut up for a minute (not Smith's strong suit). Also, Carney is taking a swing at getting Keystone XL going, we could probably wait to see if that starts up again before demanding something else, especially since we already have billions invested in that dead pipeline.
It would be pretty ironic to have each of Trudeau and Carney build Alberta a pipeline with all of the ditchbillies here hating them to such a degree that they need to get "F" bumper stickers as a part of their outward facing identity. At what point do Albertans start loving these Liberal PMs? How much do they need to help our province to change the mindless hatred into appreciation?
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It takes years to make long term plans for things like oil sands developments. That oil development contributes billions and billions to social programs across the country.
In order for Alberta to grow their economy, (which contributes more per Capita than any other province when taking into account equalization payments) they need to have long term plans for more pipelines. Like planning 10 to 15 years out. So Smith is right, we need another pipeline to continue contributing all the tax revenue that the federal government needs to pay for its debt.
Instead of thinking everyone who posts something fiscally conservative is an automatic 'Berta' redneck, maybe you could also be open-minded and listen to some of the points as well...and who knows, maybe we will find something we agree on!