Premiers want to make Canada economic powerhouse except B.C. & Quebec withholding approval of pipeline

[blackbird]

The Premiers and PM are meeting today to try to reach agreement on making Canada an economic powerhouse in the face of Trump's tariffs.  Canadians want to see Canada diversify and find other markets in the world.  I think most Premiers and Canadians who understand how important this is do support an energy corridor across Canada meaning a pipeline to both the east coast and one to the west coast ports of Prince Rupert or Kitimat.  That is the key to exporting our oil to Asia.  Unfortunately Premier Eby has chosen to be non-committal on a pipeline to the BC north coast.  Premier Eby has appointed the deputy Premier of BC, Nikki Sharma, to attend the Premiers meeting in his place today, June 2nd, and when she was asked about the proposed pipeline, she also was non-committal. This seems to indicate the BC NDP is going to stick to its old ideology of opposing the energy industry, opposing a pipeline to get Canada's energy resources to international markets.  The BC NDP has a history of opposing the expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline, even though they lost in the courts.  BC NDP is putting ideology ahead of making Canada an energy superpower.  They are more of a hindrance to national unity and making Canada an economic superpower.

Unfortunately the Premiers of BC and Quebec will not even give their tentative approval to a pipeline.

Canadian energy: Tariff threat spurs Canada to rethink limits on oil pipelines

Edited Monday at 11:06 PM by blackbird

[herbie]

There ARE pipelines all over BC liar. Alberta can already triple oil exports through TMX. No one's opposing connecting to or expanding existing LNG pipes.
We rejected Northern Gateway oil, get over it. BC is not obligated to risk the Inside Passage for zero benefit out of 'obligation to' or demands from Danielle Smith and the oil companies.
So f^ck off with your BS claims that either you or I would gain anything and maybe demand that Danielle STFU and get to negotiating other routes. The people say, not the oil barons.

Edited Monday at 07:31 PM by herbie

[TreeBeard]

5 hours ago, blackbird said:

That is the key to exporting our oil to Asia.

Oil exports out of Vancouver increased 500% after the federal government bought Alberta a pipeline.  
 

Where do you think this oil goes?

[blackbird]

Alberta says they have the capacity to double their oil production and sales.  That means they could potentially bring in tens of billions of dollars more for Alberta and Canada.  Instead of shipping 90% of their oil to the U.S., Alberta could be shipping twice as much oil to Asian countries through B.C.   The Trans Mountain pipeline is running at near capacity now.  So if Alberta and Canada want to double production and sales to Asia, we definitely need another pipeline, such as the Northern Gateway pipeline.  Alberta is pushing for it and it is hard to say what PM Carney will do about it.  The federal government does have the power to get it built even if B.C. opposes it.  They did it with the TMX expansion in spite of the opposition from the B.C. NDP government.  The best port would be Kitimat or Prince Rupert on the B.C. north coast.  Ottawa would have to revoke the tanker ban on the B.C. north coast, which is relatively easy to do.  This would create jobs for thousands of people in the construction and bring in billions of dollars in revenue for the country.

Edited Tuesday at 01:59 AM by blackbird

[herbie]

On 6/2/2025 at 12:58 PM, TreeBeard said:

Oil exports out of Vancouver increased 500% after the federal government bought Alberta a pipeline.

and they could increase another 33% just by dredging the harbour.

 

On 6/2/2025 at 4:02 PM, blackbird said:

The best port would be Kitimat or Prince Rupert on the B.C. north coast

We already said no to that. What part of NO is so hard for you to understand?
You seem to wish the govt could just order it so, but the rest of us want to keep a democracy where WE tell the GOVT what to do, not vice versa.

[August1991]

Reduce CO2 emissions?

Quebec should sell its electricity to Massachusetts - rather than waste the kilowatts at home for heating.