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Offline kimmy

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Re: The Wreck of BC
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2018, 02:05:55 pm »
It's unclear to me why we're blaming Horgan for a war;

Because he started it.

Notley decided to go after our wine industry, which hurts her province as much as it hurts ours.   

I think Albertans can probably survive just fine without BC wine.   It was a well-chosen target for retaliation because it has a high profile in BC, but relatively modest in terms of actual economic significance.  Except here in Kim Country, where this has been a big topic on the radio every day for the past week. 


if Horgan/Weaver were elected on a Green platform, it's what the people of BC chose, eh?  We're allowed to do that.  Was Notley elected to hinder trade between the provinces?   

Was Horgan?

The BC election was run after the Kinder-Morgan expansion was already approved by the federal government, so if BC voters thought that electing Horgan was going to reverse the approval, they got suckered.

Horgan's review is a stall-tactic.  He knows he can't overrule the federal government but is hoping to delay the project enough that the industry gets fed up and quits.


Perhaps Notley is simply virtue-signalling?

Absolutely.  She has to be seen to be standing up for Alberta's oil industry.  If not, she will be crushed in the next election, and BC can deal with Jason Kenney instead. If you think Notley is being unpleasant about this, just wait until you see Kenney.

And Horgan is also virtue-signaling here, as he's trying to be seen standing up for the environment after disappointing green (and Green) voters on the Site C Dam.

 -k
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