Die Wahrscheinlichkeit einer privat entwickelten Pipeline ist nahezu „null“, wenn es keine staatliche Rücksicherung gibt: ehemaliger Energieminister von Alberta
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/chance-of-privately-developed-pipeline-almost-zero-if-no-government-backstop-former-alberta-energy-minister-9.7040397
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Read: so please give us one, Carney.
This is the reason for Eby’s comments this week on refineries. He’s trying to make the point that a), this industry seems to need a whole lot of taxpayer hand-holding for something we supposedly can’t dare criticize because it would pave our streets with gold if we just got out of its way, and b) if one is dead-set on using taxpayer money, we could be doing a whole lot more for ourselves with these resources we’ve had all this time, the peak value of which is probably in the past.
Why did we never have more refineries all these years? Why did more of the profits and jobs to be associated with these resources never stay in Canada? Why have we allowed the shipping of raw logs and oil all this time?
These are questions I think we need to reckon with in a substantive way that leaves open the possibility we need root-and-branch reform in our society and our economy.
I’m entirely on board with the government subsidizing a nation building project, but when the primary beneficiary is a single province and they’re using the revenue to prop up their completely unsustainable dogshit broken budget in order to keep their sales taxes at 0% yeah nah.