On last night's show, I explained how the mainstream media is downplaying Justin Trudeau's decision to kill the Energy East pipeline.
TransCanada was supportive of Energy East until a few weeks ago when Justin increased the regulations on building pipelines in Canada. But the Media Party is reporting that TransCanada made a "business decision" to kill Energy East.
WATCH my video to see why they're wrong!
Most of the land we now call the Prairies was essentially simply bought and paid for by the feds from the Hudson’s Bay Company out of Rupert’s Land for 300,000 pounds in 1869-70; subsequent population was imported via federal immigration policies advertised throughout Europe and the Empire, all designed to flood the new areas with settlers to work the lands (to keep the territory out of American hands, to provide raw materials for Central Canadian industry, and to provide an ever increasing market for Central Canadian manufactured products).
So unlike the Maritime Provinces in 1867 (1873 for PEI) there was never any ability for the Prairies to negotiate over the terms of their entry into Confederation, because the Prairie population in 1867 / 1873 was essentially nil; there was no pre-established populated presence there that had to be enticed into signing on to Confederation on any sort of negotiated / improved terms. Thereafter, between 1885 (completion of CPR) and 1905, Ottawa basically flooded the old Hudson’s Bay Company lands they had purchased (by that time labelled as the “Northwest Territories”) with people, and when population and demand was sufficient by 1905 the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were carved out of the Territories. No special consideration given for reviewing or updating the BNA Act to provide for new additions, that course had been set in 1867 (and in fact it wouldn’t be until 1930 that the feds would even give Alberta ownership of its own natural resources).
Result? Other than Trudeau Sr’s. little vanity project of repatriation in 1982, Canada’s operative legislative and constitutional underpinnings under the BNA Act today largely remains as they were when “Canada” consisted of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, 150 years ago. Not exactly current.
Sign it and get friends to sign it. We can do this Alberta! Let’s get some teeth! We all got a dog in this fight, Ottawa won’t take Jason Kenney or anyone else seriously until they are motivated by fear. Why would they? 29 seats agaisnt 131? Yeah right!
so tired of being ripped off.
I have said this before many times Canada should be the wealthiest nation on earth.
We have enough oil for three hundred years. yet we buy from OPEC scum bags 800,00 barrels a day.
No up stream down stream or carbon taxes for them. They wash out their tanks at sea fouling reefs and coast lines.
Right whales eating turds from the millions of liters of raw sewage dumped and killed by ships, could it be the super tankers coming up the ST.Lawrence. PIPE LINES ARE DANGEROUS.
We have a coal seam that extends over three provinces best quality in the world yet we shut down clean coal burning fired electrical plants. Canada has pioneered this knowledge and is the cleanest in the world. Instead raise carbon taxes and electricity rates for all Canadians. Billions spent on toxic light bulbs (contains mercury) almost useless wind power. Note a hundred ducks killed in an oil pond is national news. Take a walk under any of the wind generators in southern Alberta see how many dead bird you see. Protected species lured in by an easy meal only fall victim to the whirling blades. No national news there.
We have enough minerals etc. to keep all Canadians employed, look after our seniors. disabled and veterans easily
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Hey Hyacinth
Of course the Atlantic provinces are not to blame. At Confederation at least, the Maritime provinces were some of the wealthiest and most influential in the newly formed country, and because of their relative standing at the time were able to negotiate favourable terms for throwing in their lot with Ontario and Quebec.
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Thanks for the numbers, Jim.
When I see it all laid out like that I realize we can never tinker with the system as it is. There are too many vested interests in the status quo. So we need to take a step in the west that was never afforded us. And that is to negotiate an entrance into confederation that suits us. We need to come in as equals not as colonials which is basically what happened in 1867.
So we should separate and if there is an interest in Confederation again we negotiate on our terms- not acquiesce to what has been given to us. Somehow we have to find a way to ditch all the lefties that wormed their way in.
Thanks for turning on the light.
Of course unless you enjoy having your neck under the Commie Jack Boot and Big Brother Marxist intruding into your lives and putting a ceiling on what you can earn and what choices you have toward any high paying jobs" I guess if you want to be dependent on Government and have the ability to extort you so he can have his way with you and order you to clean outhouses or the like whether you wish to improve your life and lives of your family or not, you’ll probably be quite content to st in Trudeau’s Middle Eastern Ghetto!
Of course the Atlantic provinces are not to blame. At Confederation at least, the Maritime provinces were some of the wealthiest and most influential in the newly formed country, and because of their relative standing at the time were able to negotiate favourable terms for throwing in their lot with Ontario and Quebec. As a result the Maritimes have a disproportionately larger federal representation per population than does any region in the West (not sure if your figure of 1.8 million also represent NL, but if it does the Atlantic provinces overall have 32 MP’s; Alberta has 34 for their 4 million, Saskatchewan has 14 for their 1 million, Manitoba has 14 seats for their 1.25 million).
Fast forward 150 years and what has happened? The wealth and influence in the Maritimes has been siphoned off to Central Canada, leaving a scenario where the Atlantic region generally is economically disadvantaged but the area still retains a disproportionate political clout. The 32 votes there nullifies completely any voice Saskatchewan has, for example, even though Saskatchewan is ostensibly an equal partner in Confederation and is called on to pay the freight for Ottawa’s initiatives elsewhere.
It’s no surprise then that the electorate in Atlantic Canada swing from party to party per federal election, because whoever presents the best deal to alleviate the regional economic pain will ALWAYS be the most attractive. It’s the electoral equivalent of living paycheque to paycheque. But also understand the view for those paying a large chunk of the federal tab, that they are doing so within a rigged system which disenfranchises them when compared with other regions of the country.
Rather than fighting regionally, the focus of our ire should be on those who control the federal levers of power. The underlying political machinery set up in 1867 remains unaltered, but the landscape over which that machinery was supposed to apply has changed completely.
Something has to give. If federal politicians are too busy at the entitlement trough to bother to become engaged, other options have to be considered.
Exactly, and when you read it, you think that most people are on board with Trudeau/Liberals. But check Twitter and you’ll find a hostility towards them like I haven’t seen here before.
Here are some tweets from today:
Trudeau an intellectually lazy moron who conned his voting base,,He spun a web of lies & deceptions,,159 promises all unfulfilled!!
The way that PMJustin claims no involvement in killing #EnergyEast pipeline is reminiscent of OJ Simpsons denial of killing Nicole & Ron.
Canada will be completely RUINED by Trudeau before he leaves office for his job at the UN !
The reality: Trudeau still has 95% of the media in his back pocket even after being proven a massive liar and hypocrite
The ugly face of Islamic hate can be found on Parliament Hill. It’s name is @iamIqraKhalid.
If you need a reason to get out on the streets to Let Trudeau Know He Must Go this is it! October 21/17 Toronto city hall 2pm. JUST B THERE
PM lectures Canadians on Racism permits attacks 2 Christians & Jews. @JustinTrudeau the POS Terrorist Supporting Racist Canadians know so well
Did @JustinTrudeau Come to Edmonton to see terror victims? NO!! but put graffiti on a mosque…He’s on the first plane out !! Traitor to Canada !
I’m not trying to start a fight but can you tell me all the way from New Brunswick to Newfoundland what parties the premieres belong to and what parties the elected MP’s belong too.
I am from Alberta and every day I have to listen to “well you voted them in” (NDP)
But however I personally never voted for them but I still suffer the remarks and the consequences about the NDP being in power because they are… until they are voted out. Again I am not trying to start a fight but I do believe there’s very many liberal seats both provincially and federally coming from the East Coast… Provincially is something you have to deal with federally is something we all have to deal with because their seat counts towards the majority in the country.
“Sorry Hyacinth … But I do believe the Atlantic provinces all drank the liberal Kool-Aid at election time … that the Atlantic provinces voted liberal and by the time it reached Ontario it was all over not mattering one little bit how the Western provinces voted.”
Not arguing that they have drank the Kool-Aid for they have, however, I am tired of the east coast taking the brunt of the blame. The east coast votes equaled a drop in the bucket in comparison to Ontario and Quebec. Junior won with 6,943,276 votes. Check below the links and previous post and the population numbers, for it to be the Maritimes fault then every man, woman, child, dog, cat, and tree would have had to vote. You want to lay blame place it where it belongs, at the foot of Ontarians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_by_riding_of_the_Canadian_federal_election,2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_federal_election,2015
Spot on. Not surprising though considering that Daddy Trudeau gave the top position of running CBC to a dear Liberal chum so many years ago and CBC basically dictates to the smaller outlets. Over the years that has grown so much so that the smallest dissenting voice is vehemently attacked.
Yvette Mozol commented “The Maritime provinces had Trudeau elected before I had left the voter’s booth on Election Day. …”
Blaming us east coasters again eh? You do realize that the population of the east coast (NB, NS, NL, PE ) doesn’t even come close to that of Ontario or even that of Quebec let alone voter wise don’t you?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maritimes
Maritimes had a population of 1,813,606 in 2016.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec
Quebec had a population of 8,164,361 in 2016.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario
Ontario had a population of 13,448,494 in 2016.
Trans Canada had had enough, those last regulations slapped on them after they had received approval was the last straw. Notley can blame TC all she wants, everyone knows WHO is really to blame. No such rules for OPEC, I guess their oil comes from a faucet.
May all dumb fucking Canadians that voted for this traitor be without jobs and live in poverty, you royally deserve it.
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Dirk, the sooner the west separates the sooner the SJW’s will feel the pain. We have a moral duty to educate them. Separation increases pain and pain gives the education.
His globalist handlers are very pleased with the job that he’s doing so don’t think for one second this is random acts of stupidity or bad judgement calls while trying to run a country.