This whole crap fest is nothing but political posturing by two weak governments that got out of hand. Notley needs to rally the troops because her successor (likely) is waiting in the wings. Classic turn the voters against an outside enemy and they forget your dismal performance . Us against them!
Horgan has to appease NDP lite Weaver,who is propping up his shaky government. If you listen closely, much like site C he says he wants to re look at things.The Greens and Notley take this to mean he’s going to stop the pipeline , something I don’t think he has ever said. Much like site C, he will pretend after due diligence he has decided he can’t stop the pipeline. It’ll be Trudeau’s fault, the line will be built, the unions will be happy ( his biggest supporters) and the enviroswill be happy because he tried but the Feds crammed it down his throat.
Where it got out of hand was when Notley threw gas on the fire, stopped an electricity negotiation, then went after BC wine. Not to mention that oddly enough and while denied, by Alberta, a BC Natural gas line has just recently been blocked in that Province. So can or can’t Provinces block each other’s lines? Anyway to sum up so far we one province threatening action and another taking action.
A much smarter move would have been for the Feds,Alberta and Kinder Morgan to post a cleanup bond, after all they’re sure a spill will never happen. This would have allayed the fears of the soft opposition to the pipeline. Instead this attack on BC has driven many of the undecided into the screw Alberta camp. Some folks just can’t be pushed without pushing back. Stupid moves on either side of the border that have put political power ahead of their citizens interest.
Anyway Alberta we still like you,