Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Convoy!

 


This massive multi-ton rolling movement of national indignation couldn't happen at a worse time for Justin:

United We Roll left Red Deer, Alta., on Valentine’s Day, intent on bringing a message to the federal Liberal government that “Pipelines need to be built. Bill C-69 and 48 are obviously a problem. And (so is), the carbon tax,” said one of the organizers, Jason Corbeil, referencing federal legislation seeking to change the environmental review process for energy projects and ban oil tankers from British Columbia’s north coast.


Any country that stymies a major natural resource is one that not only does not want to compete on the national stage but wants its citizens to endure poverty:


The premiers of Saskatchewan and New Brunswick joined Conservative leader Andrew Scheer on a panel at a rally in rural Saskatchewan on Saturday that was held to draw attention to legislation that would overhaul how major energy projects are assessed.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe called Bill C-69 “the no more pipelines bill.”

“We have a very thorough process that does work. What we need is a federal government that supports our resource industries across this nation,” Moe told a crowd of hundreds in southeastern Saskatchewan.

“Unfortunately what we have is a federal government that is pressing forward with Bill C-69.”

Scheer vowed that if elected in October, he would repeal C-69 if it passed, but his government’s first job would be to scrap the carbon tax.


Instead of fighting for the pipelines that could enrich her province, Premier Rachel Notley takes the regressive approach:

The Alberta government says it’s investing $3.7 billion to move the province’s land-locked oil to market by rail.

It says 4,400 leased railway cars will move up to 120,000 barrels of oil per day by 2020.

Shipments are expected to begin as early as July.


I'll just leave this right here:

THE CANADIAN PRESS
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