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Barry Hall's avatar

Strange that Mr Net Zero is seeking investment from oil producing nations, if he let Alberta produce more oil Canada would have cash and more high paying jobs. It’s ironic that he is in the Middle East. I guess the old Liberal dislike of Western Canada just never goes away. Where does money from foreign investment end up? In the hands of foreigners, with a trickle filtering into our own economy. I guess Mark just sees Canada as an investment opportunity for the wealthy and himself.

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Karen Benz's avatar

You are 100% right Barry. We have oil here in Alberta. Why would you go elsewhere for it. What the f*ck is wrong with the Liberals. They really do not want this country to prosper.

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Kevin πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦'s avatar

Carney is not visiting the UAE to buy oil - they have $2.5 trillion in sovereign wealth and pension assets. He is there to get UAE to invest some of those dollars in Canada.

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Paul's avatar

Barry? You are wrong. Oil prices are down. Oil sands are barely profitable. Liberal dislike = pipeline funded by federal govt. you are not making any sense.

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Ken Schultz's avatar

Paul, you are the incorrect individual.

Yes, oil prices are down but they go up, they go down, they go up, they go down, etc., etc. The swing is perpetual. Remember, though, these oil sands plants are investments for a minimum of forty years so there will definitely be lots of good years.

As for oil sands plants being barely profitable, I suggest that you look more closely. All the producers are having decent profit years; not what they were a couple of years ago, but decent profits nevertheless. Remember, though: prices go up; prices go down; prices go up ......

Yes, the LPC does dislike pipelines but the private sector is quite willing and able to fund the construction of a new line. The only requirement is that the government has to allow the oil to be produced and sold. Without that, there will be no more investment in new oilsands plants and there will be no new pipeline to the coast.

So, Sir, you are the one not making any sense.

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Mike Canary's avatar

Did #francesk πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ tell you that? 😬

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Michael Law Cobb's avatar

$1 Trillion just was committed to the U.S., including the purchase of F-35 fighters. Crown Prince is still in Washington being feted, Carnage is wasting more of our tax money.

No one is going to deal with Carnage/Canada as long as we’re offside with the Trump Administration.

How many failed trade missions/junkets/flights of fancy has he taken since being elected?

Nothing to show for it. We’re still seeing our meagre exports tariffed by both the U.S. AND China!!!!

Tits Up eh!

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Paul's avatar

The rest of the world despises the US and Trump. Your love of Trump is clouding your judgement

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Michael Law Cobb's avatar

Your indoctrination is clear. Globalist propaganda doesn’t allow for independent thinking, common sense, or self-determinism.

Your blindness to the truth and the reality of the world view you hold is a frightening to the free thinker as reading Kafka, 1984 or the Gulag Archipelago. You can vote socialism in but getting rid of it, well, history shows how violent and messy that is. Let’s not go there, let’s learn from history.

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Ken Schultz's avatar

Paul, DJT is certainly an odious individual but to note - as does Mr. Cobb - the problems in Canada is quite different that loving DJT. I suggest that your animus is clouding YOUR judgement.

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Rukhsana Sukhan's avatar

Any word on Carney and his UAE bruhs explaining how military weapons Canada sold to the UAE ended up in the possession of the genocidal RSF in Sudan? Or are we supposed to forget that because it’s an inconvenient genocide?

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Denyse I O'Leary's avatar

Brian, you write, "Unless I am misunderstanding something, and maybe I am, what is the point of Carney’s announcements?"

Here's a thought: At least some portion of the electorate that Carney owns does not care whether needed projects go ahead or not. They just want to be soothed that Carney is the Anti-Trump. He just needs to keep breathing and talking.

Now, the people I am basing this on are retired Boomers but there are a lot of them and they Vote.

I don't know what would tarnish their image of Carney because when bad things happen, they will blame Trump.

Only the young people care about projects going ahead; they will need to remember to vote.

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Penny Leifson's avatar

This boomer sure as hell didn’t vote for Carney or either Trudeau.

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Ken Schultz's avatar

Nor this one!

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Karen Benz's avatar

Me either Penny. I would like to see our country prosper and in turn the younger generation. I worry for them. I am beyond pissed off at the asshole boomers who basically said I'm ok, who cares about anyone else. Assholes. Oh, did I already say that?

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Paul's avatar

Then you are not a boomer, you are a bust

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Barry Hall's avatar

I’m retired and me and most of the retirees I know can’t stand Carney or the Liberals. There’s not much Liberal support in Western Canada that’s why we are ignored and shut down by the Liberals. They go after the votes in Eastern Canada, those Boomers are the elbows up crowd being conned by Carney.

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Paul's avatar

Don’t speak for retirees in Western Canada. If you are so emphatic refuse your CP and OAS.

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Karen Benz's avatar

Why should anyone give up their CP and OAS?

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Barry Hall's avatar

Why refuse that? I paid into it?

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Paul's avatar

In-depth analysis. Give me a break. I don’t know what’s worse, your love of Trump or his shitty depends. You better adjust your rant because the USA is ready to dump this guy.

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Daithi's avatar

There’s that hand signal once again. Front and centre.

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Claudette Leece's avatar

Anyone can say oh they talked about a big deal. Talk is cheap and means nothing without a signed contract. Like Trumps UAE trillion dollar deal, it’s just talk, nothing was signed or concrete plans. Carneys the king of talk, he talks companies right out of Canada. If you had paid attention to his previous position and what they said the minute they heard, that Canada must of had a stroke and put him in charge. He was the big man there too, who an accomplished a lot, a lot of companies went broke that’s all.

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Tershia's avatar

Canada will reap what she sows. There is a big harvest waiting!

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Chris Schoenrock's avatar

Very articulate and correct align with Trump success Rebel against Trump well the writing is on the wall! It is not a good outcome.

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Paul's avatar

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