“Why are you complaining? You’re getting a pipeline now!”
Because taxpayers shouldn’t have to fund pipelines that private capital would build if Canada hadn’t made Alberta’s energy sector uninvestable.
Canada isn’t a serious country.
Alberta needs independence.
Pipeline companies should be announcing new pipelines and routes, not the government of Canada.
Data center companies should be announcing new data centers, not the government of Canada.
Oil Export terminal companies should be announcing new export terminals, not the government of Canada.
If you haven’t just noticed, every single part of our industry is held hostage by the government of Canada.
The signal, positive or negative, which indicates whether you are doing the right thing, is critical to the free market. If your product or service is in demand, you get a positive signal to keep going. If not, you get the signal to pivot or stop.
As Sowell is claiming, the signals are muted and dulled in other systems, particularly in large bureaucracies, and the hand is well burnt off before one realizes they should have taken it off the stove.
A guy at the Forever Canada rally accused me of showing up at @RedHeartBrewery to “cancel” the business.
I understand why he was worried. That’s what some people on his side have been trying to do to us.
There are Alberta businesses being listed, targeted, harassed, threatened, and pressured because they publicly support Alberta independence. I won’t name them here because I don’t want to draw more attention to the target list.
But that is exactly the point.
I did not go to Red Hart Brewery to cancel anyone.
I went there to have peaceful conversations at a public political event. The owners were welcoming, respectful, and allowed me to record in their parking lot even though I was the only Alberta independence supporter in the crowd.
That is how democracy is supposed to work.
So here is my response: if you support Alberta independence, go to Red Hart Brewery. Bring your friends and enjoy their delicious beer! Say thank you for supporting free speech and letting both sides exist in public.
We don’t win by copying cancel culture.
We win by taking the higher moral ground.
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@JonFromAlberta Canadians & Albertans are not the same sort of people... I hate to judge people but Canadians are a lesser people, morally speaking and shockingly closed minded.
I supported Canada, but I saw the facts & changed my mind. Canadians in AB just turn their back & refuse to listen.
Ok, I said I would wait 48 to comment on this pipeline Alberta announced yesterday.
Am I correct in saying that the taxpayer is assuming all the financial risk and the two private companies are providing expertise?
The last time the government built a pipeline the cost overrun was 530%.
How about we deregulate and create an environment where private money can build it?
Congratulations Alberta, you just bought yourselves a TransMountain-like pipeline.
If all goes well it will be operational by 2035, and will only cost $50 billion in taxpayer money.... money we don't have.
Let's run some very simple economics.
It will transport 1 million barrels per day, at a fee of $10/barrel. That means it will generate $10,000,000/day in revenue, which is $3.65 billion/year. But it will cost at least $1 billion/year to operate (power, labour, chemicals, maintenance, interest on the borrowed money, carbon tax, etc).
So the initial payout is $50 B divided by $2.65 B/yr. which is 18.8 years. Who wants to wait almost 20 years before they get a return on their investment?
The economics don't work because the regulations make the pipeline too expensive and risky. There was a time, lest than 15 years ago, when the private sector could have built this for $10 billion.
This is not a win. The real problems aren't being addressed, and this is making things worse.
@BrianJeanAB You lied.
Private industry is not backing it - it is AB & CDA funded meaning Albertans will pay TWICE!
Plus you're making AB pay for $20+B Pathways C sucking machine, a 40% increase in the industrial CTax and you want us to pay royalties to BC, on a south line we do NOT want.
@Martyupnorth this is basic socialism, to engage other socialism/communism
its a horrible loss for alberta and even with all of this its not assured to be built and it will likely never pay for itself
this is a loss on every level
Look at the angst, look at the moral distress on her face. She radiates it.
But she hates you. Don't forget. For reference, the black had his dick out, stroking it, in public, around kids.