What say does Ontario or Quebec have in any of it? How do we demand "Canadian Sourced" anything from a system totally controlled by foreigners for their benefit?
Conspiracy theories. Oh joy.
What say does Ontario or Quebec have in any of it? How do we demand "Canadian Sourced" anything from a system totally controlled by foreigners for their benefit?
Yes, you want to shake your head sometimes.Your protectionist policies are simply appalling, you're your own worst enemy. It's as if you aren't Canadians, but rather a confederation of Provinces. Hmmm.
It was Ontario and Quebec that supplied most of the investment cash for developement of the Alberta oil but all they got from the rednecks from the heartland of wildrose is "let the east freeze in the dark." This is why there is pushback from Ontario and Quebec for the east pipeline. Alberta can be in boom times now and all they have to do is spread the wealth.
. It's as if you aren't Canadians, but rather a confederation of Provinces. Hmmm.
Canada IS a Confederation. What is your point?
He does have a point. Regional prejudices are playing a big part in this mess.
That is true, but to say we sound like a Confederation...... ya.....we are. It was the original idea that the Provinces would hold the majority of the power. Unfortunately, the provinces have allowed the Feds to slowly erode that power away.
When it comes to energy east. Ontario and Quebec can not prevent the pipeline from being built as that is under Federal jurisdiction. Trudeau has the power to push it through. Unfortunately, the little fu ck is doing everything he can to stack the deck against the pipelines, by keeping his mouth wrapped firmly around the dick of the environmentalists and the Montreal mayor.
That also means Harper had the same authority, it is now quite likely Harpster was spending money helping delay the line even going south. (and certainly not to the east) Buying from Saudi is helping the US pay it's debt for their co-operation, it has nothing to do with keeping Canadian feet warm.You know what I like about you Gerryh. Your uncompromising honesty. You tell it like it is.
I think this is an April Fools post and well done by Retired Canadian.....Wow, you believe that two so-so Provinces wield that sort of global power? News flash: they don't and if we did the international oil companies would be owned by us.
Conspiracy theories. Oh joy.
It was Ontario and Quebec that supplied most of the investment cash for developement of the Alberta oil but all they got from the rednecks from the heartland of wildrose is "let the east freeze in the dark." This is why there is pushback from Ontario and Quebec for the east pipeline. Alberta can be in boom times now and all they have to do is spread the wealth.
Trudeau has the power to push it through. Unfortunately, the little fu ck is doing everything he can to stack the deck against the pipelines, by keeping his mouth wrapped firmly around the dick of the environmentalists and the Montreal mayor.
Canada IS a Confederation. What is your point?
Some might even say consorting with the enemy. As oil prices are affected and people from across Canada continue to lose their jobs, we need only to look within our own borders to see the real pigs at the trough who are contributing to lost revenues. Aside from the fact that Ontario, Quebec and some Maritime Provinces are putting the environment at risk by shipping in their oil via supertanker from Saudi Arabia, they are also taking advantage of the cheap oil deliberately being flooded on the market to cripple oil producing nations like Canada.
The result is a slow down in the economy, huge loss in tax revenues that is felt from coast to coast. While the environmental windbags in Ontario and Quebec complain about pipelines they are in fact putting our precious waterways at risk while increasing their carbon footprint.
I wonder why no one is asking our esteemed Prime Minister about this.
I think that near the bottom of this issue you will find a growing opposition to fossil fuels in general. We could argue the right and wrong of this until the cows come home but it is fact that the negative press the petro industry has taken in recent years is its toll. Informed or not, the general public is more and more taking an "oil = bad" stance and are gaining the ear of our elected officials who, unfortunately, see no difference between an informed vote and an uninformed one because at the end of the day it is votes that fuel the political engine.
And that is why they are feeling the Bern and the Donald down to our south.Actually, he "graced" our city earlier this week and was interviewed on the radio. Because I was at work, I was unable to hear the interview. I was out and about yesterday and low and behold the radio station was re-playing his interview so I heard a portion of it. I was really upset at the low-ball questions being asked (apparently by listeners who emailed/texted questions) like whether he had French or Heinz ketchup in his fridge. Are you kidding me??
He was asked about the ban on super tankers on the West Coast and he spoke about the environment and how 20,000 BC'ers rely on the waters for their living etc., etc. - a reasonable answer to be sure. I couldn't disagree with a lot of what he had to say (amazingly enough). The interviewer could have challenged him more on that answer but didn't.
When asked about the East Coast however that also had super tankers in their waters why Canada was getting oil from Venezuela as opposed to using its own oil, the bobbing and weaving was incredible. JT didn't answer the question - just the usual political rhetoric about how we need to investigate and study and blah blah blah. Was ticked me off was that the interviewer didn't challenge him for not answering the question at all.
I am soooo, soooo tired of the media not challenging our politicians - doesn't matter what stripe, but ESPECIALLY Trudeau and the Liberals it makes me so mad. I don't know about you but I want answers not rhetoric. I want to know why and how and when and where. Good grief doesn't anyone else? Even an "I don't know but I'll get back to you" would be better than the BS drivel we get on a regular basis.
When we finally have a media (The Rebel) who would challenge them, they're banned or ignored instead, likely because they don't like to be challenged. So much for free speech and open governments.
sigh....
JMHO
And we don't have a politician in sight that has the "balls" to stand up and tell it like it is. Sad!
When we finally have a media (The Rebel) who would challenge them, they're banned or ignored instead, likely because they don't like to be challenged.