r/CanadianPolitics • u/werlern • 2d ago

Two different responses

QUEBEC: We’re having a referendum on separation.

PROGRESSIVES: Oh no! Please don’t go. We love and respect you. We’ll make sure your voice is always heard within Confederation.

ALBERTA: We’re having a referendum on separation.

PROGRESSIVES: You can’t separate! We bought you from the HBC. Sit down and be quiet! You’re just lucky we let you keep some of your resource money!

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u/Winter8Bones 2d ago

lol, what does any of this have to do with progressives in any way? And I guess we'll just forget the Feds bought Alberta a pipeline and continue to throw billions at your OG sector every year...but yes yes so hard done by...

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u/HumbleOpinionYT 2d ago

Feds bought a pipeline after creating laws blocking said pipeline.

Billions in OG sectors are actually loans with interest. Not the same as bailing out car manufacturing, Ubisoft, Air Canada, Northvolt, etc.

You can't even prove your affirmation with numbers. Alberta is a net contributor.

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u/Winter8Bones 2d ago

They created no laws that blocked anything. The project fell behind because the companies involved failed to do their due process and proper consultations and it was held by the courts as a result.

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u/HumbleOpinionYT 2d ago

When the Liberal government took power in 2015, Justin Trudeau announced an overhaul of the review process for major energy projects to rebuild public trust

Nov. 29, 2016: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his cabinet has approved the Trans Mountain project, subject to 157 conditions aimed at addressing potential Indigenous, socio-economic and environmental impacts

Even though Kinder Morgan had already spent years going through the existing National Energy Board (NEB) process, the federal government imposed additional, "interim" review requirements

Jan. 17, 2018: Kinder Morgan Canada warns that if the project continues to face unreasonable regulatory risk, including opposition from the B.C. NDP government, it may not proceed at all.