I think it is a great idea, would open up a different domestic market. Would create more construction jobs and the refineries that are being mothballed could be re-designed to handle heavy oil and develop a Canadian product.
"The movement to ship Alberta bitumen to Canada’s eastern provinces is gathering momentum as plans to build the Gateway and Keystone lines languish in political limbo.
Major industry players, politicians and high-profile advocates are starting to pay serious attention to the idea, which could see bitumen piped from the oilsands through Ontario, Quebec and eventually to ports on the East Coast."
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/...222/story.html
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I think it is a great idea, would open up a different domestic market. Would create more construction jobs and the refineries that are being mothballed could be re-designed to handle heavy oil and develop a Canadian product.
If you want nothing done,John Duncan is the man for the job.
Seems a lot smarter than the NGP project. An inevitable spill on land is much easier to handle than on our coast.
Canada / China = energy security for us; improved balance in trade; manufacturing revival: plastics, etc.; Canadian resource control and the other things G.S. notes. 'Way better.
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You gotta wonder why Harper and crew are not wildly enthusiastic about this idea. It provides Alberta with a bigger market for it's oil and Ontario with a greater opportunity for job creation. Keeps the money in Canada. Seems like a win/win for everybody.
Oh wait a moment - what's in it for the Chinese who have dumped billions into the oily sands? Nada, that's what. Guess we'll find out who really is running this show - Canada or China.
For the longest time Ontario was the center of the world, during that time Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia were off the map to them. History has not been nice and now for many Oilmen it is payback time.
If you want nothing done,John Duncan is the man for the job.
The Oilsands are not going anywhere nothing wrong with slowing things down a bit sending it back east and refine it into value added gas and sell it for higher profits and increased tax revenues for the public good
It would definitely help Ontario dig it's way out of the hole they are in now.
If you want nothing done,John Duncan is the man for the job.
Are you kidding me??? Just a matter of time before both pipelines are built to our coast.The one down south as well. China and the U.S.A have invested billions into the Alberta oilsands.They already been laying pipe down for the Gateway project.Lots of land has been cleared for the Keystone project and Texan refineries have been refit to handle heavy crude.The Kinder Morgan people have been conducting information meetings for residents involved,I recieved my notice in the mail.The pipeliners are licking thier chops for all the upcoming work.Just a matter of time before all three projects are green lighted.
I like the idea of TRUCKING and RAIL these toxic products all over the planet. Much better chance of nothing happening with the fine conditions of our roads and bridges. Not to mention the high standard the trucking industry keeps their fleet.
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the best idea would be to leave this most polluting source of energy in the ground.