What’re ya talking about? How can “
those people are putting us all at risk” possibly be thought of as divisive?
Dislike for Trudeau is strongest in B.C. and Manitoba and Saskatchewan, at 60 per cent, followed closely by Alberta and Quebec at 58 per cent, so that would naturally be the scapegoat target “if” Trudeau was actually doing what you’re proposing that he’s doing. I can see that being said about Justin’s Dad (Pierre, not Fidel) based upon the 1980 election results, but Justin???
Western Canadians have long memories and that might be part of the perception. A year later (so 1981-ish) the (Pierre) Trudeau Liberals unveiled the infamous National Energy Program (NEP).
When he was prime minister in the 1980s, Pierre Trudeau beggared the West with his NEP – the infamous National Energy Program.
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So Justin saying “One of the challenges is there is a political class
in Alberta that has decided that anything to do with climate change is going to be bad for them or for Alberta” might be mistakenly perceived by Albertans as divisive, but Justin must be speaking for ALL Canadians as he preaches that Canada should "phase out" the oilsands in Alberta for
their own good, and a “
Just Transition” to Drywallers and Tim Hortons employees.
“
They are extremists who don’t believe in science,
they’re often misogynists, also often racists,” said Trudeau. “
It’s a small group that muscles in, and we have to make a choice in terms of leaders, in terms of the country. Do we tolerate
these people?”
How can labeling people you haven’t even met with (then refused to meet with) “racist and misogynistic” possibly be thought of as divisive? Trudeau speaks for ALL Canadians. He told us that.
The federal government has been concentrating on reducing the production and use of carbon-based energy, especially in Western Canada. This has often taken the form of putting roadblocks up to inhibit the development, production, transport and export of oil and gas.
This comes at a cost to Alberta – the primary producer – and to all actual and potential energy users. Many bristled at Canada’s oil sands being called dirty when its production is cleaner and safer than just about any other oil produced anywhere.
They’re frustrated by the lack of infrastructure, such as sufficient pipelines and liquefaction plants for natural gas. And they’re puzzled by limitations on oil tankers on the West Coast but not elsewhere.
(The federal government has approved a $12-billion deep water oil project, Bay du Nord, off Newfoundland and Labrador. Apparently, merely moving oil in tankers is far too environmentally dangerous in the Pacific. But drilling for and producing 200,000 or more barrels of oil per day and then moving it from the site poses no dangers in the Atlantic, ‘cuz unity)
JT stated “Albertans and people in Saskatchewan have faced very difficult years over these past few years because of global commodity prices, because of challenges they’re facing, that for a long time they weren’t able to get their resources to markets other than the United States.
“We are moving forward to solve some of those challenges but it’s going to take ALL Canadians sticking together, helping out folks who are struggling in places like Alberta and Saskatchewan. This is what Canadians expect of their government,” Trudeau said.
Still, these actions have been accepted by Central Canada as a price to be paid for long-run environmental improvement.
Speaking at a town hall in Peterborough, Ont., Trudeau said, "You
can’t make a choice between what's good for the environment and what's good for the economy," Trudeau said. "We can't shut down the oilsands
tomorrow. We need to
phase them out. We need to manage the transition off of our dependence on fossil fuels.” That’s obviously aimed at ALL Canadians to unify them…so I’m sure he’ll next preach about not canceling the Automotive industry in Ontario or the Areospace industry in Quebec
immediately but
phasing them out in a few years, right?
Justin Trudeau, to unify Canada further, appointed Steven Guilbeault as his (Canada’s I guess) new environment minister who came to politics through a history of climate change activism, including scaling the CN tower in 2001 to unfurl a banner calling for climate action and founding the Quebec environmental group Équiterre. Don’t want any mixed messages on the unity front. Good job.
I was asked last week by an Alberta friend whether the Trudeau government would take the results of the province’s equalization vote seriously.
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Guilbeault said the government has been clear about its plan, with a carbon tax that will gradually rise to $170 per tonne by 2030. He said he does not intend to limit new oil and gas projects for Western Canada
direcly, because production is a provincial responsibility,
but he will put hard limits on pollution.
See, this is on Guilbeault and not Trudeau ‘cuz Trudeau is all about unity. At the top of the federal agenda sits net zero, the project to end the use of fossil fuels. The feds have moved aggressively to occupy the field on climate change and thus restrict the development of Alberta and Saskatchewan’s natural resources. But that’s not JT, that’s Guilbeault.
JT says that Diversity is Canada’s strength!! Unified non-divisive diversity. The prime minister,
Justin Trudeau, articulated this when he told the New York Times Magazine that Canada could be the “first postnational state”. He added: “There is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada.”
