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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
Of course Eby is going to take an anti-pipeline stance. His province gets to take all the risk with what upside?
Alberta simply needs to make a deal with BC to loop them in on the win, then I think magically BC might be on board which makes sense. Smith should be saying we want this pipeline for the benefit of Canadians not staying silent on that part. Albertans (and oil companies / midstreamers that take over the line) are going to have to wrap their head around that.
It’s a wildly economic project. But more importantly, it will give us gigantic geopolitical leverage with the USA, which looks like it’s going to be important moving forward.
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lol wat?
If you listen to what he is saying, Eby's stance is actually pro-pipeline. His priority is the REAL pipeline projects that have a private company proponent and are in the final stages of actively moving ahead instead of a pretend pipeline project that Smith is trying to manifest out of nothing.
He is against an imaginary project that has no private proponent that is calling up stakeholders in BC and saying "we are going to ram this Alberta pipeline through your land too". The stakeholders are now questioning whether or not they will support the LNG pipeline because of Smith's cronies performing terrible communication on the Alberta project that doesn't exist.
The LNG pipelines are more economical than Smith's pipeline because they are actually happening and Eby is pissed that Smith is reaching into his province and messing with BC projects. He has said plainly that she needs to back off and ensure that the LNG projects move ahead and if she wants to get more Alberta oil to the BC coast there is a real optimization project on TMX that he is willing to collaborate on as a short term win.
You guys really have to start listening to what the Premier of BC is saying and stop trying to make it up in your own head. He is being entirely reasonable and showing that Smith is not. (Then again, this is probably Smith's plan because she doesn't actually want this imaginary pipeline to happen, she just wants to set the stage for trying to separate with this pipeline being the key issue.)