Jen Gerson: Danielle Smith zerstört meine Küche
https://open.substack.com/pub/theline/p/jen-gerson-danielle-smith-is-destroying?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1j3aab
Jen Gerson: Danielle Smith zerstört meine Küche
https://open.substack.com/pub/theline/p/jen-gerson-danielle-smith-is-destroying?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1j3aab
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Good article. Not enough people seem to realize that serious discussion of the possibility of separation costs everyday Albertans in real, meaningful ways.
Whether she’s misguided or selfish, Danielle Smith is doing real damage to this province, even if you really believe that Ottawa is out to get us.
As someone from Manitoba, I really struggle to even understand where this comes from for Alberta. Yes, the Federal government doesn’t really pay much attention to you. The Federal government similarly doesn’t really pay much attention to BC, Nova Scotia, Manitoba or pretty much any province other than Ontario and Quebec.
And yet, none of the rest of us really complain much about it. Would it be nice to get more federal dollars? Sure. And you definitely hear people lament tacitly in the streets of Victoria, Halifax, Winnipeg etc about that. But there is also the understanding that 70% of the country lives in those two provinces. Of course they get majority of the attention and money. Why wouldn’t they, that’s where the people live?
Could there be more movement on pipelines? Yeah, I think so. Although the Federal government did build you one for $34B already. But hey, if you run one up to Churchill Manitoba and help improve the infrastructure with us for that? I think you might find a willing partner if you ask and talk to us about how we can collaborate, instead of yelling at us. We could probably reduce the overall carbon footprint of the operations with Manitoba Hydroelectric power for instance… Or maybe we unlock the additional tens of thousands of potential MW of hydro power in Northern Manitoba to get Alberta entirely off fossil fuels for power, so you can ship far cleaner natural gas to Europe that’s benefits us as well as our allies.
That’s all to say, most of the provinces aren’t special, Alberta isn’t either. We just all need to work together and realise that’s the best way forward.
I think the uncertainty factor hurts oil and gas as well. I can’t think of a *worse* way to get federal support, either financial or political, for an interprovincial pipeline than to have a separation referendum. Why would the federal government spend a dime or any political capital on a project to help a province’s economy that may vote to leave? Why would a private company then invest in it too? They’ve essentially put everything on hold until the referendum is resolved.
Danielle Smith is tanking their economy. Albertans, you got the government you voted for. Enjoy.
Alberta could have a trillion dollar wealth fund like Norway…..they could have fully funded and lavish public services….and yet….the naked greed of the common voter let’s them down time after time. They are truly victims of the oil curse, but they have only themselves to blame.
> For what it’s worth, I think that Alberta has been disrespected by the rest of Canada;
Yeah! Like when Fort McMurray and Jasper burned down and we said „let those western bastards burn!“ Oh wait, that was Alberta during the energy crisis: „let those eastern bastards freeze.“ We actually all gave tens if not hundreds of millions to the richest province. I guess that was… disrespectful of us? Could be.
> other provincial and federal leaders have been perfectly willing to use the oil-and-gas sector as a political wedge with their own voters
No idea what this could possibly mean. It might have to do with the TMX pipeline we all built for them. You’re… welcome, I guess?
> while happily cashing the cheques that this province’s success has cut for the wealth of the Confederation.
„This province’s success“ at happening to be where the oil is. How successfully the province was established where oil just happens to be. Like the nations of the Arabian peninsula, Norway, and Malaysia, countries which were so savvy and successful to also happen to be where the oil is.
Jesus, these people can whine, eh?