Does Pierre know that he would have members of his own party agree to the pipeline? This pipeline is (only) very good for Alberta. There is no way any of his Albertan MPs would vote against it in good faith. Nor would any Liberals vote against it.
So he’d have 2/3 of his caucus and the NDP, Bloc, and May vote it down but it would still pass without issue.
Like this helps his very riding or has he already forgotten what province his riding is in?
Timely-Profile1865 on
This is just what he should do. Play up to the rest of Canada and areas he could make gains.
Alberta block votes pc no matter what so there is no incentive for any party to actually do a thing to please Alberta.
jjumbuck on
Since the mou itself is conditional, then what’s the harm of anyone acknowledging it? It would still be conditional.
janisjoplinenjoyer on
I welcome this. Show the people of BC exactly where their MPs stand and how willing they are to protect our province’s people, economy and coast.
Let’s hear it, Will Greaves!
Numerous-Bike-4951 on
Its a weird position,
basically he calls Smiths MOU a nothing burger and then repeats it with his own nothing burger .
Or
He is pushing to socialize Crude infustructure by legislation.
Carney has completely flipped the script
Mean while the BC NDP are now proposing the capitalist method of private proponents for crude infustructure with in their boundaries.
If this dosnt pass it exposes and sewers Smith , if it does pass then the CPC is basically promoting socialism.
Neon_Raccoon_00 on
That vote is worthless, start by voting on the budget implementation bill, already 9 sitting on 2nd reading is insane
Brilliant_Let6532 on
Lame political play. Instead of trying to build consensus around the agreement across the country, he’s trying to force internal dissensions out into the open. He’s got a commitment from a Liberal PM to build a pipeline. Instead of taking the win for Canada, the PCC braintrust (the term is being asked to carry a lot here) can’t come up with anything better than trying to score cheap political points with a half-baked idea that’ll do nothing but make any future energy infrastructure projects harder to get through. For a gang who purports to want to run the place one day, they seem obsessed with dealIng themselves a loosing hand when they get in.
Ryanyu10 on
The intent of this vote is presumably to get Liberal MPs, especially those on the B.C. coast or in otherwise marginal Liberal-NDP or Liberal-Bloc seats to take a clear side on the pipeline, which could definitely hurt them in retaining their seats going forward.
But an unintentional side effect is that it would also force NDP leadership candidate Heather McPherson, who is from Alberta and has historically been pro-oil-and-gas, to take a stance on the pipeline MoU. She’s currently a frontrunner to become the next NDP leader, but: a vote in favour could damage her credibility and reduce the odds she’ll win the leadership; a vote against could put her seat and support from the western wing of the party at risk; and an abstention will likely raise eyebrows, make her look unprincipled, and lead to the question being front and centre during the next leadership debate. Curious to see what she’ll do.
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Does Pierre know that he would have members of his own party agree to the pipeline? This pipeline is (only) very good for Alberta. There is no way any of his Albertan MPs would vote against it in good faith. Nor would any Liberals vote against it.
So he’d have 2/3 of his caucus and the NDP, Bloc, and May vote it down but it would still pass without issue.
Like this helps his very riding or has he already forgotten what province his riding is in?
This is just what he should do. Play up to the rest of Canada and areas he could make gains.
Alberta block votes pc no matter what so there is no incentive for any party to actually do a thing to please Alberta.
Since the mou itself is conditional, then what’s the harm of anyone acknowledging it? It would still be conditional.
I welcome this. Show the people of BC exactly where their MPs stand and how willing they are to protect our province’s people, economy and coast.
Let’s hear it, Will Greaves!
Its a weird position,
basically he calls Smiths MOU a nothing burger and then repeats it with his own nothing burger .
Or
He is pushing to socialize Crude infustructure by legislation.
Carney has completely flipped the script
Mean while the BC NDP are now proposing the capitalist method of private proponents for crude infustructure with in their boundaries.
If this dosnt pass it exposes and sewers Smith , if it does pass then the CPC is basically promoting socialism.
That vote is worthless, start by voting on the budget implementation bill, already 9 sitting on 2nd reading is insane
Lame political play. Instead of trying to build consensus around the agreement across the country, he’s trying to force internal dissensions out into the open. He’s got a commitment from a Liberal PM to build a pipeline. Instead of taking the win for Canada, the PCC braintrust (the term is being asked to carry a lot here) can’t come up with anything better than trying to score cheap political points with a half-baked idea that’ll do nothing but make any future energy infrastructure projects harder to get through. For a gang who purports to want to run the place one day, they seem obsessed with dealIng themselves a loosing hand when they get in.
The intent of this vote is presumably to get Liberal MPs, especially those on the B.C. coast or in otherwise marginal Liberal-NDP or Liberal-Bloc seats to take a clear side on the pipeline, which could definitely hurt them in retaining their seats going forward.
But an unintentional side effect is that it would also force NDP leadership candidate Heather McPherson, who is from Alberta and has historically been pro-oil-and-gas, to take a stance on the pipeline MoU. She’s currently a frontrunner to become the next NDP leader, but: a vote in favour could damage her credibility and reduce the odds she’ll win the leadership; a vote against could put her seat and support from the western wing of the party at risk; and an abstention will likely raise eyebrows, make her look unprincipled, and lead to the question being front and centre during the next leadership debate. Curious to see what she’ll do.