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[–] 17 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Here’s a question: why doesn’t Alberta invest in a refinery or two? Instead of extracting oil and selling it internationally, they could extract it, refine it, and sell it in-country.

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

    You'll notice there's a premier missing who's province is going to have to be involved in this. Also, how do you all feel about selling off our ports and airports to buy Danielle Smith another pipeline? Because,

    There is no private sector proponent or route for a possible pipeline. The Alberta government says it will act as the project's proponent in submitting the proposal to the federal government's major projects office.

    that "Sovereign Wealth Fund" will definitely be financing this.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Does that mean it will be like a crown owned pipeline? Not that privatizing ports is worth a provincial pipeline but that would be an interesting outcome.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

    Potentially, depending on how they choose to finance it. The Trans Mountain pipeline is fully government owned through a crown corp, they could do something similar. Or they could go with a P3 model where they use government funds to make investment more attractive to a private corporation resulting in a privately owned pipeline or shared ownership depending on the specifics of the agreement.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago

    Blithely ignorant wishful thinking 🙄

    I guarantee taxpayers will be footing the bill just like the last one.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    The world is on fire from the rich profiting off oil money.

    For 20 years Canada has shy'ed away from burning ours, hoping that the world would come to its senses.

    Now it seems that the mostly likely outcome of having saved all of our resources, is powerful countries trying to take them. Fuck it, the world is on fire anyway.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Unfortunate

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