If Only Canada Had Some Sort of Fuel Source On Its Own Soil to Meet the Energy Needs of Its People

Oh, wait!:

The threat that by May 12, Gov. Whitmer will shut down Line 5 to Ontario, is so beautiful an issue it should be hanging in an art gallery.

For what have we to look at? We have two leaders, Greener than shamrocks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Gov. Whitmer, who see themselves plucked by the goddess of destiny herself, as human ambulances rushing to save the Earth from global warming. Who colour their dreams with visions of every oil and gas project in the world evaporating, and a flood of solar panels and a wilderness of windmills covering the planet.

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Every solemn word from the mouth of Gov. Whitmer echoes with perfection the rhetoric and environmental concerns of PM Trudeau, and his iron-bound conviction that global warming is the approach of Armageddon. He and she are twins on this topic. You could not place the tiniest film of gold leaf, a single hair, between her deepest urgings on climate change and those of Mr. Trudeau.

Both hold their convictions on global warming with a fervour truly religious. Hear Gov. Whitmer on why she must shut down Line 5: that the possibility of a spill invokes “the state’s solemn duty to protect the Great Lakes under the public trust doctrine.”

However for Trudeau this pipeline is a perplexity. For you see Line 5, is not a pipeline OUT of export-blockaded Alberta, heading to the U.S. and hoping for a better market.

Line 5 is a pipeline INTO Ontario, and — as Robert Frost was good enough to supply the phrase — that “has made all the difference.” To oppose shutting it down, as he electorally is obliged to do, he must like the windcock on the church steeple, swing around 180 degrees.

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It simply cannot be that on his watch the natural energy needs of the “greatest” province are impaired. He must with the same vigour he applies to stopping oil from getting out of Alberta now man all stations to make sure oil keeps going into Ontario.

There will be no soothing words about how the manufacturers of Ontario can learn to “transition,” take up coding, or study the construction of windmill arms. Those lullabies are only for oil workers. There will be no talk of a green new deal for Ontario (it has had one already, which in fact was a nightmare).

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Here we go:

The federal Liberal government is putting Canada’s oil and gas industry ahead of the Great Lakes by opposing Michigan’s efforts to shut down the Line 5 pipeline, says a prominent group of Ontario First Nations.

The Anishinabek Nation said Thursday it is disappointed that Ottawa is pushing back against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s order that Enbridge Inc. stop operating the cross-border pipeline next week.

The federal government is considering taking action under the 1977 Transit Pipelines Treaty with the United States that allows for the uninterrupted flow of energy between the two countries.

And yet it is willing to ignore the treaties Canada has signed with the 39 First Nations in Ontario that are represented by Anishinabek, said Grand Council Chief Glen Hare.

Escalades don't run on good wishes, guys.