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Originally Posted by ciudad_del_norte
Or..maybe they are just following the government process? It doesn't seem at unreasonable to have an environmental review, and it doesn't seem unreasonable that such a review would take time. I understand that this has been a bit bumpy and slower than many would prefer - but It seems like a bit of a jump to assume that it is some nefarious conspiracy against Alberta.
I don't see where the supposed political gain is for destroying Alberta. Many other regions in Canada may not be willing to step in to defend/help Alberta, but I don't think there are many votes to be gained for expressly "destroying a region".
Many other regions may be irritated with Alberta because...well provincially we tend to behave a bit like spoiled brat. And yes, there may be people out there that would actively like to see Alberta be knocked down a bit because of that. But I have a hard time believing that a bunch of people in Quebec, Ontario, BC are about to vote for party because they feel like they have "destroyed Alberta". It actually seems a bit arrogant to me to assume that Alberta is going to factor into many political decisions that aren't in Alberta. Furthermore, the Liberals have actually been supportive of the pipeline - to the point of buying it. To me it seems like this has actually risked their support in BC with little to gain in Alberta where people are never going to vote for them.
They aren't out to get us, they are trying to balance the interests of a country and that means not everything is for/about us.
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You make it sound like no environmental review has been done on this project. It's been reviewed to death and don't forget that Justin keeps moving the goalposts on us. In the meantime they have no problem approving other projects that are way worse environmentally. Give your head a shake--they are doing everything to destroy the energy industry and by extension AB. Canada is not a normal nation where every region works together to improve the lot of all. We're a nation held back by jealousy. You see it daily in this forum. Time to face facts--enough people in this nation are lazy greedy fucks who are jealous as hell and will vote for a party that will knock down those doing better than them. It's sad but it's true.