Pipelines, energy and natural resources

[YZT580]

If the task is national sovereignty over energy transportation corridors one can say private industry hasn't done a great job.

And naturally the private sector has a part to play, it's more that we should do away with the notion that private industry will ever take the lead on such matters.

why should they? It isn't as though it won't get done unless they pay for it. The battery plants in Ontario are proof of that. Although perhaps if it didn't cost them decades of time and millions of dollars to get an approval they might be more willing to pony up. In fact they would because they would get it done faster and cheaper and be reaping the benefits a whole lot sooner.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

It's almost like we need a little bit of socialism to get stuff done.

They have already driven a wedge into our lives. Let’s not throw the door open to them. Nothing good comes from communism.

 

[Brad Sallows]

I do love how the free market has failed repeatedly when put to task.

Failure to fulfill the arbitrary desires of governments in the face of their equally arbitrary decisions which impede free market behaviours is not a failure of a free market. Governments impose the structures which provide some of the incentives which drive behaviours.

Regardless, putting private enterprises to task would be closer to fascism than socialism.

 

[Czech_pivo]

They have already driven a wedge into our lives. Let’s not throw the door open to them. Nothing good comes from communism.

F*ck Communism.

 

[HavokFour]

Another step forward.

A notice published in the Canada Gazette on Aug. 1 sets a Sept. 18 deadline to submit comments on the national interest designation.

Ottawa moves to list Alberta-backed West Coast pipeline as national interest project | Globalnews.ca

The federal government has taken another step to designate a proposed oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast as a "national interest" project.

globalnews.ca

 

[The Bread Guy]

Suncor: we'll see ...

Too soon to say whether pipeline agreement could change Suncor’s outlook: CEO | Globalnews.ca

Suncor's CEO says he's encouraged by the tone in Canada surrounding the energy sector but it's too early to tell whether recent government commitments can help spur future growth.

globalnews.ca

 

[brihard]

Suncor: we'll see ...

Too soon to say whether pipeline agreement could change Suncor’s outlook: CEO | Globalnews.ca

Suncor's CEO says he's encouraged by the tone in Canada surrounding the energy sector but it's too early to tell whether recent government commitments can help spur future growth.

globalnews.ca

At least they’re starting to eyeball with some interest.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Another tile in the complicated info-mosaic of energy infrastructure public opinion: more than 1/2 of Canadians surveyed say Canada should hang onto TMX, and OK with government investing in/owning pipelines.

National interest or albatross? Majority of Canadians say Ottawa should hold on to TMX pipeline as a public asset - Angus Reid Institute

angusreid.org

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[Kirkhill]

Another tile in the complicated info-mosaic of energy infrastructure public opinion: more than 1/2 of Canadians surveyed say Canada should hang onto TMX, and OK with government investing in/owning pipelines.

National interest or albatross? Majority of Canadians say Ottawa should hold on to TMX pipeline as a public asset - Angus Reid Institute

angusreid.org

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If you want something done "properly", which is to say "your way", with any attendant costs that might incur, then do it yourself.

Others may not value costs and benefits the same.

 

[The Bread Guy]

If you want something done "properly", which is to say "your way", with any attendant costs that might incur, then do it yourself.

Others may not value costs and benefits the same.

Not to mention if government spends money on x, what does it decide not to spend money on.