What has changed?

The only socialist to ever say anything intelligent.

We are sitting on one of the most resource-rich countries on the planet.
And somehow... we can't get out of our own way.
Let that sink in.
You're paying close to $2 a litre.
Groceries are up.
Everything costs more.
And at the exact same time, Canada has the ability to produce, move, and sell energy to the world at a massive scale.
So what's the problem?
It's not a lack of resources.
It's not a lack of demand.
It's us.
More specifically... it's the decisions being made at the top.
Pierre Poilievre just dropped a clip that's blowing up right now, and it's hitting hard for one simple reason.
It's not a politician talking.
It's the CEO of the company that would actually build the pipeline.
Greg Ebel from Enbridge.
And he lays it out in plain English.
No spin.
No politics.
No theatrics.
Just reality.
He lists five things stopping a major pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific.
Five.
And every single one of them ties back to federal policy.
Think about that.
Not market conditions.
Not technology.
Not lack of interest.
Policy.
Here's what he said is standing in the way.
First.
A tanker ban off the west coast.
So even if you build the pipeline...
You can't load the oil.
Which makes the entire project pointless.
Second.
You can't actually get a pipeline approved.
Too many hurdles.
Too much red tape.
Too much uncertainty.
Third.
We don't even have the ability to produce enough oil to fill it.
Not because we can't.
Because we're not allowed to.
Fourth.
There's no clear path on emissions rules.
Companies don't know what the target is.
What the cost is.
Or what the rules will be five years from now.
So they don't invest.
Fifth.
Industrial carbon tax and CO2 requirements.
In other words, before you even think about growing production...
You need government approval tied to a whole separate layer of infrastructure and costs.
So let's recap this.
We have the oil.
We have the demand.
We have the companies willing to build.
And we've created a system where none of it can actually happen.
You couldn't design it worse if you tried.
And here's the part that should really bother you.
This isn't some abstract policy debate.
This hits you every single day.
Gas prices.
Heating costs.
Shipping costs.
Food prices.
Everything.
Energy is upstream of all of it.
So when energy gets more expensive...
Everything gets more expensive.
And we're doing it to ourselves.
That's the wild part.
We're not being outcompeted.
We're self-sabotaging.
Instead of exporting to global markets like Asia...
We're forced to sell at a discount to the U.S.
Instead of creating jobs...
We're creating paperwork.
Instead of building...
We're studying.
Instead of leading...
We're hesitating.
I don't care what side of the political aisle you're on.
At some point you have to ask a basic question.
Why are we making this so hard?
Why does a country with this level of natural advantage act like it's allergic to prosperity?
Because that's what this is.
We are choosing complexity over common sense.
We are choosing delay over action.
We are choosing ideology over results.
And regular people are paying for it.
Literally.
At the pump.
At the grocery store.
In their monthly bills.
Meanwhile, the rest of the world isn't waiting.
They're building.
They're investing.
They're competing.
And we're sitting here arguing about whether we should even participate.
That's not leadership.
That's paralysis.
The frustrating part is this isn't some impossible problem to solve.
We know exactly what the barriers are.
The CEO just listed them.
Clear as day.
So the real question isn't "what's wrong?"
The real question is...
Why won't we fix it?
Because until we do, nothing changes.
Prices stay high.
Opportunities get missed.
And Canada keeps playing small.
We don't need more studies.
We don't need more announcements.
We need to get out of our own way.
Build.
Produce.
Export.
Act like the country we actually are.
Because right now?
We're not even close.
And that's the truth people are starting to wake up to.

Poor Conman Carney. He is finding himself increasingly isolated.

The end of an era of climate change zealotry and candidly insanity.