The bullshit is Oil cos can afford to build these things themselves, if they really want to. they’ve got permission, but they won’t throw down the money, because it wouldn’t be profitable for them. So why would it be profitable for Canada to do it?

It might create a few construction jobs short term, maybe. But realistically, the oil and gas industry relies pretty heavily on automation, and most of the companies involved are not even Canadian.

But you can still imagine convincing poeple to say they support the construction of a pipeline. “Do you think Canada needs to be more of a producer and net exporter of energy? Do you think energy production is leverage we can use to defend ourselves? Given that the petrol industry has significantly boosted Canada’s economy, and unemployment is above 6%, do you think we need these big expensive government projects to give people jobs? Do you worry about the resilience of the CPP given Canada’s dwindling manufacturing sector, or the decline of Canadian tech innovators?” etc etc etc

if you ask right (or arguably wrong) questions, you’ll get a yes. it may not reliably measure sentiment towards overreliance on the oil and gas industry.

or maybe it does, what do I know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahgjEjJkZks

I should have voted for the NDP, and I should have convinced the rest of complex to also vote NDP. and the NDP should have campaigned here more than once, and reached the people who aren’t living in mcmansions and driving cybertrucks. and I should have volunteered for the NDP

forgive me

i mean, they aren’t wrong… but shut the fuck up Moscow?

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