Quebec seeks an injunction against EnergyEast Pipeline

[oneoff]

Geez its a good thing Quebec is a part of Canada.

And comforting that they appreciate Equalization payments now and into the future.

What kind of "support" would the West get if those recipients were even more openly hostile and unappreciative?

[furrowtickler]

*** heads - glad they support head chopping, wife beating terrorists .. 👎👎👎

[SASKFARMER3]

Time to let this Cancer province go.
We need this and ther standing in the way. Now if the prime minister had balls he'd deal with this . Oh wait he was selfie taking skiing in BC.

[15444]

Just need to phone your conservative MP and say you believe in the dream. A dream where Conservatives are the party of choice. A dream where there is no equalization and every state stands on its own merits. A dream where people can produce a product that supports jobs and tell the tree-buggers to **** off, and yet, still sell billions worth of product, because the real world revolves around it. A dream where a person requires more than just warm fuzzy feelings to be a leader. A dream called the Republic of Western Canada.

[Oliver88]

Alberta NDP sure implemented a carbon tax for no reason........what a bunch of morons.

Quebec should send back their transfer payments.

[Daylate]

I would vote for a western canada. Unfortunately I think we all know, things would have to get epic disasterous before we would get a majority on that. Depression style.

[mustardman]

Well when Cavert was in power we tried taking Harper to task on Equalization changes needed but guess who was against it ?
little Bradley that's who

[mustardman]

Furrow. I noticed you didn't call the harper gov't names when they GAVE millions of our money(cwb) to the Saudis

Yep handed the cwb over Free of charge to a head chopping ,wife beating bunch of thugs and not a whimper out of some of you.

and I don't give a rats ass IF you didn't support the CWB. Giving it away for free to a country like that WAS ASSININE

[Hamloc]

Yes the list of groups and provinces against pipelines continue to grow. The chances of pipeline approvals continue to shrink.

I think in the short term some of it is posturing ahead of the upcoming first ministers conference. This will be interesting to see how successful Selfie Prime will be on imposing his carbon taxing ways on us all. In the end it is just another tax to feed the bloated beauracracies across Canada that haven't got a hope in hell of fiscal balance. The irony is that the majority of Canadians believe this will make a difference, it makes me laugh. In Alberta people are in favor of a carbon tax but not a sales tax. The sales tax would be positive for revenue. The carbon tax as proposed is just income redistribution and a way to create a bigger beauacracy. Our continued spending will make the imposition of a sales tax inevitable, so in time we will have both and we will be taxed into submission just like every other province.

End of rant have a good day:-)

[chuckChuck]

Why would you expect Quebec to understand what Westerners think and want when you express negative attitudes and opinions that are worse than theirs?

Wall is the only Premier opposed to a carbon tax. Quebec and the rest of Canada have a different view on that issue.

Why is a carbon tax that increases my energy costs any different than a increase caused by the market? The impact is the same.

We just came through a period of time when energy costs were much much higher and every other business other than oil was negatively impacted by higher costs at a level that was much more significant than a carbon tax.

Norway managed the oil boom well but putting away a trillion dollars for the eventual downturn. Alberta and Saskatchewan squandered the one time time resource revenue.

[chuckChuck]

There is wide spread support for carbon taxes including some CEOs from the oil industry like Suncor. Carbon taxes like BCs are revenue neutral and are just used to reduce demand for carbon. Increasing efficiency as an outcome will reduce energy costs. BCs economy is still doing quite well.

[Hamloc]

From 2000 to 2014 Alberta sent 200 billion more personal and corporate income taxes to Ottawa than we got back. During that same period Quebec received more from Ottawa than it sent. Your constant comparisons to Norway are tiresome and not realistic. Norway's geography allows it to produce almost all it's electricity from hydro just one of its natural advantages. If Alberta was a country with tide water access instead of a land locked province your argument might have some basis. Alberta has made some bad decisions granted but eastern Canada has benefitted a great deal from our economic success.

[Hamloc]

Let me get this straight Chuck2, you state that every business except oil was negatively affected by high oil prices and yet you want to artificially create high energy prices with a carbon tax which by your own admission will negatively affect business but in this case it will also affect oil based businesses!! Have a good day:-)

[chuckChuck]

Hamloc you are right comparing Alberta to Norway is not a fair comparison. But not to have any revenue savings put away is poor management.

Norway's Statoil allowed Norway to take a bigger share of revenues on behalf of Norwegians. That model could have been used here but most Albertans and many in Saskatchewan did not want a crown corporation involved because they wanted to privatize the excess profits.

The difference between Canada and Norway was primarily politics.

The result is Canada's oil industry is in trouble and the provinces which depended on it for operating revenue are also in big trouble.

Taxpayers largely own the resources in Canada. It should be up to taxpayers to decide how the resources are developed. But when you put the oil industry in charge you don't get long term thinking or planning for what is best for the long term.

[chuckChuck]

Hamloc. The market price has been very high. Much higher than the proposed carbon tax will take it. Why is it okay to pay a tax in the form of excess profits to oil companies and Saudia Arabia and not a tax to your own government?

Revenue neutral is the key phrase. Take a look at BCs experience.

I think you should ask Suncor why they support a carbon tax?