Quote from: Brent on Today at 12:31:33 PMMark Carney might try to stall this.

He can try. What is more likely is lying prick taking credit for increasing Alberta's production.

Quote from: Herman on May 01, 2026, 09:05:24 PMTrump has done more for the prairies in five minutes than Conman Carney has done in one year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYuibFKHIoE

Mark Carney might try to stall this.

Trump has done more for the prairies in five minutes than Conman Carney has done in one year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYuibFKHIoE

Trump has used tariffs, tax cuts, and deregulation to attracxt fifteen trillion dollars of new investment. By contrast Carney has created new carbon levies and added to disnicentivizing rules to drive investment South of the border.

Carney's sovereign debt fund is a cyncial attempt to look like their are investments but it's all debt that we will pay for. Investors eschew Canada because of taxes and red tape. Adding a debt fund does not change that.

Trump has done more to help Canadians already than Carney ever will.

Trump approves Canada-Wyoming oil pipeline that revives part of Keystone XL.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order granting a cross-border permit to a project that would revive parts of the Keystone XL pipeline to transport Canadian oil from the U.S.-Canada border to Guernsey, Wyoming.

The pipeline, proposed by Canadian pipeline company South Bow SOBO.TO and its U.S. partner Bridger Pipeline, could increase Canada's crude exports to the U.S. by more than 12% if it goes ahead. A presidential permit was required for the project to proceed.

Carney is making Canada an energy super power just not at home like former PM Harper envisioned.

This little natural BC gas pipeline extension that will have a negligible affect on our GDP took a year just to approve.

Canada is an energy superpower — just not at home
From TC Energy in Mexico to Enbridge in Texas, Canadian firms thrive abroad while federal policy stalls growth domestically.

"This is what being an energy superpower looks like."

Thus, Energy Minister Tim Hodgson commented on the Canadian Energy Regulator's (CER) approval of Enbridge's Sunrise Expansion Program.

Well, not really.

Not to deny Mr. Carney's government the satisfaction of a good-news moment, but this project was first mooted in 2019, the application went to the CER in 2024, approval has just been granted, and with a bit of luck, it'll be ready to go in 2028.

And so, after four years from application to completion — along an existing route (!) — it will add 300 million cubic feet a day to Alberta's natural gas export capacity, which typically runs at 11 billion cubic feet/day (BCF).

Yes, we'll celebrate that. But let's keep a sense of proportion here.

Mr. Hodgson is by no means the worst of this Liberal crew now in power, but given his own industry experience, I'm rather surprised he accepted the line from staff.

Because this is not what being an energy superpower looks like, and he knows it.

What being an energy superpower looks like is when the world's oil tankers switch gulfs and load up at Ingleside (near Corpus Christi) instead of Kharg Island.

Could Canada be an energy superpower? Yes. Stephen Harper thought so 20 years ago, and worked tirelessly to make it so. And Canada has the product.

But it also has governments that think there's something dirty about it. That would be BC, holding its nose as it accepts billions in resource revenues, Quebec that won't accept a pipeline carrying 'dirty' Alberta oil, but cheerfully runs on product imported from the US, Trump or no Trump.

And of course, the federal government itself has spent ten years doing all it can to restrict the growth of Alberta's oil and gas industry, and to this day, even as it talks about being an energy superpower, it continues its ban on oil tankers off the West Coast.

It has also created circumstances such that even when official Ottawa seems to be giving the wink to a new northern pipeline to Prince Rupert (tanker ban or not), there's no queue forming at the CER to apply for clearance to build it.

Could it be that Canada's policies towards indigenous peoples have planted the idea that they have the final decision? And that acts as a disincentive?

So yes, good for Enbridge for sticking with it. And yes, the Sunrise project delivers a shovel-ready, fully contracted, multi-billion-dollar project, albeit with 47 conditions addressing the usual environmental, safety, and consultation requirements, and the project uses electric compression to limit its footprint.

And yes, it will generate jobs, taxes, and in a few years make a 2% difference to Canadian export capacity.

All good. Better 2% up than 2% down.

But leaving aside my flippant comments about oil exports from America's Gulf refineries, here's what Canada needs to aspire to, if it wants to say it's an energy superpower. Let me tell you a story.

TC Energy — still smarting, I would suppose, from one of Mr. Trudeau's early 'successes,' the federal puck-ragging that led to cancellation of their Energy East project — applied in 2022 to the Mexican government for permission to build its Southeast Gateway Gas Pipeline.

This is a 36" pipe running about 450 miles, which was completed in less than three years from the time of application and came in under budget. It has four times the capacity of Sunrise — 1.3 BCF — and is supplying power plants in Yucatán. Operations began in May 2025.

Now here's a fact we forget. That Ingleside plant I mentioned?

That's the Enbridge Ingleside Energy Center is actually North America's largest crude oil storage and export terminal.

Read that again; the largest oil export facility in America belongs to a Canadian company. Actually, a Calgary headquartered company.

Enbridge in the Gulf, TC Energy in Mexico ... actually, Canada is an energy superpower.

Just not in Canada. That's policy, and it hasn't changed.

Maybe the reason that Pres Donald Trump endorsed Mark Carney was so that the U.S. could keep beating us.

This has the potential to drain thousands of Canadian jobs to south of the border.
Meanwhile, Mark Carney doesn't even seem concerned about CUSMA negotiations.
He said he needed to be elected because there was a crisis. Why isn't he doing anything?

Quote from: Shen Li on April 17, 2026, 10:15:53 PMYesterday, the White House approved the advancement of multiple pipeline projects carrying Alberta oil to the United States. Something Ottawa won't do.

Read the full U.S. decision here:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/04/presidential-permit-authorizing-enbridge-energy-limited-partnership-to-operate-and-maintain-three-existing-pipeline-facilities-at-pembina-county-north-dakota-at-the-international-boundary-between/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRPyIRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE3MUplQ0NUd1RibUZWRlRVc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHuO4uQolKWvFaeaoHSnbbx4IJCZB92tP9_2FbDscphHUyO42gpwE_UvJyDcq_aem_SUMPHuPaxx5RupU7jLEQYw

I saw this announcement on Rebel News.

Alberta and Saskatchewan find it easier to deal with Washington than Ottawa. Even when the democRATs are in power.

Yesterday, the White House approved the advancement of multiple pipeline projects carrying Alberta oil to the United States. Something Ottawa won't do.

Read the full U.S. decision here:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/04/presidential-permit-authorizing-enbridge-energy-limited-partnership-to-operate-and-maintain-three-existing-pipeline-facilities-at-pembina-county-north-dakota-at-the-international-boundary-between/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRPyIRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE3MUplQ0NUd1RibUZWRlRVc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHuO4uQolKWvFaeaoHSnbbx4IJCZB92tP9_2FbDscphHUyO42gpwE_UvJyDcq_aem_SUMPHuPaxx5RupU7jLEQYw

Remember a year ago when Mark Carney said he could take on Trump and win?
This is what "winning" looks like to Carney.

"𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐀 𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐌𝐀" — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐁𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇
This monologue lays out what a decade of progressive governance has done to America's northern neighbor — and it's devastating.
"𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢'𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢, 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 — 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵 — 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘮𝘢."
Same population as Alberta, but 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 — in Alabama. Mercedes-Benz just invested $𝟒 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 in the state, with 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 $𝟕 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 planned across U.S. operations.
Canada's response? Opening their automobile market to 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐄𝐕𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 — going from declaring China their biggest security threat to this from PM Mark Carney:
"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 — 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳."
Meanwhile Canada is 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚, punishing truckers who dared protest (until a court 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐮'𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥), and now homeowners in Richmond, BC are receiving letters saying: "𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱."
The kicker? Red state America is 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠: Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Dakota — all expanding industries, attracting new residents and investment. New York City's job growth has 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬. LA County leads the nation in 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬 (Census Bureau).
𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓, 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐮. 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩. 𝐀 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞.