B.C. forest industry facing uncertain future as mills close across province
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You mean like when Alberta's drunk premier, Ralph Dekline gave all welfare recipients a one way bus ticket to Vancouver?
I laughed because as soon as it was over the 1st hill 4 buses from the East pulled in.
Well he did have special permission to relocate to BC by a non status Native tribe, so he had a reason to take up King Ralph's offer of a free bus ticket.
That was the best when Ralph came up with that brilliant idea, and it wasn't just welfare recipients, it included all kinds of undesirables.
In one fell stroke, the crime rate dropped over night
Brilliant move that - send the freeloaders back to the Left Coast where they will be welcomed with open arms by all their like-minded buddies.
this is why we don't care when you cry about pipelines.Brilliant move that - send the freeloaders back to the Left Coast where they will be welcomed with open arms by all their like-minded buddies.
That wouldn't be back to the wet coast. Most of them are not from here but came from Quebec and Ontariowe because BC is world renowned for giving our hard earned money to the worthless. Never could figure out why we can't just give them a oneway via rail trip back to ontariowe.Brilliant move that - send the freeloaders back to the Left Coast where they will be welcomed with open arms by all their like-minded buddies.
... And this is why your gas bill in the lower mainland is minimum 50 cents more per liter
because I don't live there I don't care?
there is no reason for the huge price hikes in BC.
that was proven
Are you stubborn or just stupid?
If there were more pipelines..
Canada’s Railway Strike To Cause Billions In Damage, Create Fuel Shortages
By Tsvetana Paraskova - Nov 22, 2019, 9:30 AM CST
Crude Railway
Crude-by-rail shipments from Canada’s oil-rich province Alberta have nearly halted, while other provinces face critical shortages of propane, as the strike at Canadian National Railway drags on for a fourth day on Friday, threatening to dent Canada’s economy by billions of dollars.
More than 3,000 railway conductors, train persons, and yard workers at the largest Canadian railway went on strike at midnight on Tuesday, demanding longer rests and medicine benefits.
CN said on Thursday that negotiations continue with the help of the federally appointed mediators. The company regrets “the impact that the strike is having on our customers, supply chain partners, the Canadian economy, trade in general, and the public,” President and CEO JJ Ruest said.
The strike at the railway operator comes at a challenging time for the Canadian oil industry, which has suffered from lack of sufficient pipeline capacity to carry oil to refining centers.
The price of Canada’s heavy oil benchmark, Western Canadian Select (WCS), slid on Wednesday, a day after the strike began, to the lowest in a week, as crude by rail shipments were almost halted because CN prioritizes grain shipments.
The strike has nearly halted crude oil shipments at some terminals in Alberta. Ernie Barsamian, CEO at terminal storage clearinghouse The Tank Tiger, told Bloomberg that the firm had been asked whether it could store some 30 rail tank cars in the U.S. Pacific Northwest for a month after the strike prevented the crude from being delivered to its destination terminal.
The strike is also heavily hitting propane supply in Quebec. The province will run out of propane within four days, Premier François Legault told reporters on Thursday. The situation is an emergency, Legault said, adding that a rationing scheme was already in place and will prioritize hospitals.
According to Toronto-Dominion Bank, the strike could cost Canada’s economy US$1.66 billion (C$2.2 billion) if it lasts until November 30, and US$2.33 billion (C$3.1 billion) if it extends to December 5.