Pipelines, energy and natural resources

[YZT580]

It’s a bit like buying an apple from New Zealand in my grocery store in Burlington, ON at a price that’s cheaper than the Courtland apple that was grown 80km in Vineland, ON……

and meanwhile the orchard on Guelph line has been cut down: not profitable

 

[daftandbarmy]

It’s a bit like buying an apple from New Zealand in my grocery store in Burlington, ON at a price that’s cheaper than the Courtland apple that was grown 80km in Vineland, ON……

From the comments... ironic:

"Nova Scotia alone sits on up to 60 trillion cubic feet of LNG. Why is this even happening?"

 

[Czech_pivo]

and meanwhile the orchard on Guelph line has been cut down: not profitable

Brutal!
Some older Mississaugian told me a number of back that Peel Region used to be known as the Orchard of the British Empire. Now, well, you know….

 

[daftandbarmy]

The other part people forget is how much of the tourism is based upon infrastructure created originally for/by the forest industry. When the FSR roads aren't being maintained...it doesn't matter what's down there when they wash out.

It's actually one part I respected from BC forestry operations was the longer term planning in many areas where they would condition...as part of harvest approval...building certain access/staging to higher than needed logging standards in order to allow for future use for other industries. In exchange the cost difference would be credited back to the company and would be considered payment in kind (vs. dollars) when crown invoices for things such as timber dues would be required.

Canada is really big...and if we just travel the TransCanada highway I think a person gets an okay view of Ontario's landscape...but you miss so much of the west due to all the access focused in the southern 1/3rd of the province. Most folks never see the other corners of the province where small towns, rural farms and First Nations live and rely up on the limited resource jobs in the areas.

Meanwhile, we could learn a lot from Mexico (and Las Vegas):

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