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David Eby is angry, but he’d also like you all to know he’s polite. In response to the Alberta government’s plan to draw up a proposal for a new oil pipeline for the Major Projects Office, Eby characterized the plan as not just a threat to “our pristine coast” but also “a direct economic threat to the kind of economy we’re trying to build in the country here.”
What economy that might be was left unspecified before Eby continued by insisting that his past vagueness and non-committal nature, in which he said he would “cross that bridge” (on pipelines) when B.C. and Alberta came to it, was merely him being “polite,” — politeness apparently something which is incompatible with clarity, as well as totally devoid of a basic understanding of what makes British Columbia and Canada’s economy move.
First, pipelines. On a weekend towards the end of June this past summer, Eby appeared on numerous national media shows and was asked directly about his government’s apparent opposition to pipelines to spur Canada’s economic growth in the face of Trump’s tariffs.
As legislative reporter Rob Shaw noted at the time, Eby downplayed any notion that B.C. and Alberta were in a tiff about pipelines; something that directly contradicted what he had said on the issue only a month earlier in May. He would, he said, “be happy to sit down” with Premier Smith if a project were proposed.
Apparently not. In his recent rant — pardon me, his recent polite admonishment — on Wednesday Eby defiantly stated there “is no project” and “there is no bridge to cross” for his government, unless the Alberta government will spend tax-payer money to make it happen.
Perhaps Canada’s most polite premier ought to reflect for a small moment as to why there is currently no private proponent? Could it be that all his diplomatic and genteel language from previous months did nothing to create the certainty businesses need to invest billions of dollars — as the CEO of Enbridge noted in August — and rather everything to create uncertainty about B.C.’s willingness to build major infrastructure projects? I rather think the answer might just be a well-mannered “yes.”
Eby’s civility and courteous nature doesn’t just apply to pipelines, however. It also applies to the B.C. economy writ-large, which he and the NDP have very thoughtfully driven into the ground.
COMMENTARY – Adam Pankratz: David Eby, Not a Pipeline, is the True Threat to Canada’s Economy
David Eby is angry, but he’d also like you all to know he’s polite. In response to the Alberta government’s plan to draw up a proposal for a new oil pipeline for the Major Projects Office, Eby characterized the plan as not just a threat to “our pristine coast” but also “a direct economic threat to the kind of economy we’re trying to build in the country here.”
What economy that might be was left unspecified before Eby continued by insisting that his past vagueness and non-committal nature, in which he said he would “cross that bridge” (on pipelines) when B.C. and Alberta came to it, was merely him being “polite,” — politeness apparently something which is incompatible with clarity, as well as totally devoid of a basic understanding of what makes British Columbia and Canada’s economy move.
First, pipelines. On a weekend towards the end of June this past summer, Eby appeared on numerous national media shows and was asked directly about his government’s apparent opposition to pipelines to spur Canada’s economic growth in the face of Trump’s tariffs.
As legislative reporter Rob Shaw noted at the time, Eby downplayed any notion that B.C. and Alberta were in a tiff about pipelines; something that directly contradicted what he had said on the issue only a month earlier in May. He would, he said, “be happy to sit down” with Premier Smith if a project were proposed.
Apparently not. In his recent rant — pardon me, his recent polite admonishment — on Wednesday Eby defiantly stated there “is no project” and “there is no bridge to cross” for his government, unless the Alberta government will spend tax-payer money to make it happen.
Perhaps Canada’s most polite premier ought to reflect for a small moment as to why there is currently no private proponent? Could it be that all his diplomatic and genteel language from previous months did nothing to create the certainty businesses need to invest billions of dollars — as the CEO of Enbridge noted in August — and rather everything to create uncertainty about B.C.’s willingness to build major infrastructure projects? I rather think the answer might just be a well-mannered “yes.”
Eby’s civility and courteous nature doesn’t just apply to pipelines, however. It also applies to the B.C. economy writ-large, which he and the NDP have very thoughtfully driven into the ground.
COMMENTARY - Adam Pankratz: David Eby, Not a Pipeline, is the True Threat to Canada's Economy - Canadian Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow
B.C. premier's opposition to oil and gas industry is predictable By This Artile and More From Adam Pankratz Here David Eby is angry, but he’d also like you all to know he’s polite. In response to the Alberta government’s plan to draw up a proposal for a new oil pipeline for the Major…
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