In this current mad moment in Canadian politics, when the nation’s global warming synod (the high priest being the most frequent flyer in the country, Justin Trudeau) is handing out billions of dollars from an exhausted treasury to carmakers if they locate in Ontario, Moe has most sensibly held up a “hold on!” sign. Very daring, Mr. Premier.
Here is Moe’s admirably forthright response to the forced dream and embraced folly of net zero, specifically the Trudeau government’s dictum that electrical grids be net zero by 2035:
“I want to be very clear about this. In Saskatchewan, we will not attempt the impossible when it comes to power production in our province. We will not risk plunging our homes, our schools, our hospitals, our special care homes, our businesses into the cold and darkness because of the ideological whims of others. We will not increase power costs for our businesses and for our families to the point they become completely unaffordable. If we were to do that, we wouldn’t grow anything in Saskatchewan. We wouldn’t move anything. We wouldn’t go anywhere. And we’d get awful cold in a hurry. Saskatchewan must have affordable and reliable electricity available on demand.”
“And under our watch it most certainly is going to (have a secure energy supply). We are choosing the Saskatchewan plan. And now I would say that the federal government has a choice as well. And let’s hope they make the right one.”
The premier’s defiance contains an element not sufficiently kept in mind in present day Canada — that this is a federation, a combine of federal and provincial powers and jurisdictions. It might not suit a prime minister on a state visit to South Korea, preaching EV subsidies and future Newfoundland hydrogen plants, to hear these words from a premier in his own country, but the idea of a federation is that its constituents — the provinces — not only have jurisdictional powers, but — here’s the real shock — different concerns and ideas from those of imperialist Ottawa.
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Here is Moe’s admirably forthright response to the forced dream and embraced folly of net zero, specifically the Trudeau government’s dictum that electrical grids be net zero by 2035:
“I want to be very clear about this. In Saskatchewan, we will not attempt the impossible when it comes to power production in our province. We will not risk plunging our homes, our schools, our hospitals, our special care homes, our businesses into the cold and darkness because of the ideological whims of others. We will not increase power costs for our businesses and for our families to the point they become completely unaffordable. If we were to do that, we wouldn’t grow anything in Saskatchewan. We wouldn’t move anything. We wouldn’t go anywhere. And we’d get awful cold in a hurry. Saskatchewan must have affordable and reliable electricity available on demand.”
“And under our watch it most certainly is going to (have a secure energy supply). We are choosing the Saskatchewan plan. And now I would say that the federal government has a choice as well. And let’s hope they make the right one.”
The premier’s defiance contains an element not sufficiently kept in mind in present day Canada — that this is a federation, a combine of federal and provincial powers and jurisdictions. It might not suit a prime minister on a state visit to South Korea, preaching EV subsidies and future Newfoundland hydrogen plants, to hear these words from a premier in his own country, but the idea of a federation is that its constituents — the provinces — not only have jurisdictional powers, but — here’s the real shock — different concerns and ideas from those of imperialist Ottawa.
Rex Murphy: Scott Moe's not buying any net-zero nonsense — National Post
'We will not risk plunging our homes into darkness because of the ideological whims of others,' says Saskatchewan premier
