What does Diefenbaker have to do with Trudeau's NEP?
please educate yourself on what Diefenbaker's Royal Commission was intended for... what Diefenbaker's direction in creating NEB resulted in establishing - what the resulting formalized Diefenbaker 'National Oil Policy' caused - all of it laying the foundation against a direct national ("Edmonton-to-Montreal") oil pipeline... all of it (aided and abetted by Conservative PM Mulroney's FTA/NAFTA wizardry) establishing the 6+ decades status-quo of Eastern foreign oil imports and Western oil exports discounted to further satisfy the wants of U.S. petro multi-nationals. That resulted in the loss of, and any ability to establish, greater Canadian ownership and ultimately control of refineries/pipelines... that resulted in the loss of Canadian ownership/control of our own resources; the loss of Canadian sovereignty, loss of self-sufficiency, etc.. Where, Western Canadian oil producers have never had meaningful access to domestic markets... and why the majority of Canada's population is still subject to, "the vagaries of international oil geopolitics and continental energy economics" - look back in history at the price of oil and the significant world crisis events - no biggee, hey!
imagine a national energy/resource strategy, one in an early enough time frame that still allowed for countering today's status-quo where Canada/Alberta is simply the U.S./BigOil's feeder resource lapdog. Imagine a national energy/resource strategy intended to ultimately establish Canadian control, determination and ownership of our own resources... to maintain Canadian sovereignty, determine Canada's self-sufficiency, etc.. Imagine a national energy/resource strategy with policy goals to, "establish Canadian security of supply and ultimate independence from the world oil market; to create opportunities
for all Canadians to participate in the energy industry; particularly oil and gas, and to share in the benefits of its expansion; and fairness, with a pricing and revenue-sharing regime that recognized the needs and rights of all Canadians. Imagine a national energy/resource strategy that was designed to promote oil self-sufficiency for Canada, maintain the oil supply, particularly for the industrial base in eastern Canada, promote Canadian ownership of the energy industry, promote lower prices, promote exploration for oil in Canada, promote alternative energy sources, and increase government revenues from oil sales through a variety of taxes and agreements.
imagine all that; or... simply play a kimmyish strawman or go classic kimmy and further pump your so-called "western alienation". As I stated, in the very short time frame it existed, there was a timely national strategy in place to work towards those goals/ends. Classic kimmy bellows, "wishful thinking"... multiple times now! One-way street wishful thinking - kimmyish at its best! Western alienation - aka, mice-nutRoyalties-R-Us!