roger hohm

[roger hohm @HohmRoger]

@TheBreakdownAB When you get called out by The Rebel you must be doing something right😁

[roger hohm @HohmRoger]

@MichelleRempel Interesting comment coming from someone who has been around the House of Commons for years. Can you remind me the % of time PM Harper attended question period.
I’m not sure QPeriod is the beds use of any PM’s time

[Farming Smarter @FarmingSmarter]

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[roger hohm @HohmRoger]

@LukaszukAB Will they be available in Lethbridge area

[Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱 @jkenney]

Of course it would not be in the commercial interests of the federal government to suspend shipments on Trans Mountain (TM.)

But that’s not the point.

The point is that in a worse case scenario, such as an Alberta unilateral declaration of independence (UDI,) Canada would have enormous leverage, including the ability to block Alberta energy exports.

This is most obviously the case re: federally-owned TM. Apart from their ability to reduce or stop shipments, do you really think the federal or BC governments would continue to advance Trans Mountain optimization, which is currently the best bet that we have for increased egress?

Do you really think the federal government would maintain its MOU commitment to support the construction of a de novo West Coast pipeline? Even if it wanted to, federal paramountcy over interprovincial pipelines, grounded in 92(10)(a) would cease to exist following secession, so BC governments could find ways to block operation or construction of pipelines going through their territory, with Alberta having no recourse to Ottawa.

Currently all of our pipelines exports to the US pass through other Canadian provinces first. That includes the incomplete KXL route, which passes through Saskatchewan. Since the Republic of Alberta would be starting without an equivalent to the 1977 Canada-U.S. Transit Pipelines Treaty, Ottawa could also suspend the operation of those other pipelines, e.g. the Enbridge Mainline.

Canada and BC could also extract further concessions (eg tolls or tariffs) in order to allow Alberta natural gas to feed into the growing number of West Coast LNG terminals.

Separatists respond to these realities by saying “don’t worry - we’ll build pipelines to the US and export from there!”

First of all, who is “we?” What companies are going to risk tens of $ billions to spend years building a new system of pipelines in the midst of such massive political and legal uncertainty, including the risk of a Biden style revocation of pipeline permits by the US?

Secondly, the separatists seem completely unaware that the left wing US West Coast governments have effectively blocked the export of carbon intensive fuels from their ports. That’s why US produced thermal coal is exported from the Port of Vancouver, BC. Strange but true: Canada’s West Coast ports are far friendlier to hydro carbon exports than West Coast US ports!

All of this effectively gives Ottawa the clear upper hand in prospective negotiations over everything, e.g.:

-debt allocation;

- valuation & sale of federal assets (such as military bases, RCMP facilities, federal lands, including airports, etc.;)

- allocation of CPP assets;

- continuation of OAS / GIS benefits;

- termination of citizenship;

- export access to the Canadian market;

- partition of Alberta per the predictable demands of democratic majorities in Edmonton, Calgary, Indian Reserves & elsewhere;)

- support for or blockage of Alberta’s accession to critical international bodies & treaties, like CUSMA, or IATA to allow for international flights, etc.; and

- countless other issues.

I agree that exercising its massive leverage in such a scenario would be damaging to Canada. But it would be far more damaging to Alberta.

Whatever grievances Albertans have with Ottawa cannot be remedied by becoming a landlocked statelet.

The vast majority of Albertans know this.

It is beyond absurd that we are going to spend the next several months, and possibly years to come, arguing endlessly over this.

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

Tweet. Of. The. NIGHT!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

[Irfan Sabir @MLAIrfanSabir]

“Calgary’s mayor says having a vote on whether to initiate a referendum on Alberta separation is a “ridiculous lack of provincial leadership.”
#AbLeg https://t.co/HXpFJrilsp

[Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱 @jkenney]

Like the vast majority of Albertans, I’m both a proud Canadian, and a proud Albertan.

We are a smart, hard working, innovative and loyal people.

Those who went before us built one of the most prosperous and generous societies on Earth.

And we’re not going to let anyone tear apart our home, the true North strong and free.

It’s time to fight for our country.

Alberta: let’s lead, not leave.

https://t.co/nBNfVPjd80

[Integrity @integritycdn]

I am a proud Canadian living in the beautiful province of Alberta

My bio banner says it all🇨🇦

Please join me in supporting this very important #ForeverCanadian campaign

Love you All my Friends ❤️

https://t.co/oZjwfoCYyb #ableg

[Tyler Shandro @shandro]

So no need for a referendum. The separatists agree that a general election works for them.

[Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield]

Former UCP justice and health minister

[Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱 @jkenney]

Absolutely not ashamed to have been born in Ontario to parents born in BC; or to have moved with them to western Canada when I was 6; or to have grown up mainly in Saskatchewan; or to have chosen Alberta as my home when I was 20; or to have represented Albertans for 25 years, winning 9 elections with an average of 76% of the vote.

#ProudCanadian #ProudAlbertan

[Captain Canadian @furmsies]

Thanks to Mark Carney for getting a pipeline deal done with Donald Trump.

Stupid Alberta separatists are running out of fake grievances to propagandize about.

Carney is helping AB, while separatist dummies want to risk everything with their nonsense.

They should grow up.

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

Fun fact.

Even when you delete your LinkedIn, search engines retain content for a while.

Anyways, here’s this pic.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

[Sportsnet @Sportsnet]

Never gets old 🇨🇦

[Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @DuaneBratt]

There is a reason that we do not have MLAs decide on electoral boundaries. Tossing out the Electoral Boundaries Commission and replacing it with a UCP-dominated committee is not just a bad idea. It is really bad for democracy. Ask the US, ask Hungary. This is not normal!

[roger hohm @HohmRoger]

@MichelleLA1981 @0nTack2 So why are you not call the individual elected MP who crossed the traitors as it was their decision.

[Derek Fildebrandt @Dfildebrandt]

@DuaneBratt Rare that I agree with a @DuaneBratt take, but he’s right here.

[roger hohm @HohmRoger]

@xerofarmer @CBCNews Could be way worse if we had PP and his Rebel News cheer leaders. Remember when we had our last really good PM Harper - he loved CBC until his last term started going backwards

[Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @LukaszukAB]

.@ABDanielleSmith Premier, you seem to be the only one confused about the intention of the #ForeverCanadian petition. Some 500,000 Albertans unequivocally requested a vote in #ableg, not a referendum. Let’s stop the divisive politics!

Maybe this letter will help you understand: