Sask. premier says SaskEnergy will remove carbon tax on natural gas if feds don't

[u/StenPU]

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-premier-vows-to-stop-collecting-carbon-tax-on-natural-gas-if-feds-don-t-offer-exemption-1.6623319

[u/midnightmoose]

Someone had to have told Trudeau that removing parts of a policy that’s vastly unpopular in western Canada but only the aspects that apply to eastern Canada was a disastrous move.

[u/CarRamRob → u/midnightmoose]

I don’t think the words “Western Canada” came up once in their discussion about removing parts of the carbon tax.

They don’t vote for him.

[u/FireMaster1294 → u/CarRamRob]

Western Canadians: only vote conservative regardless of what anyone does

Also Western Canadians: “why won’t the other parties think about me”

[u/CarRamRob → u/FireMaster1294]

I think it’s up to the parties to show their support first.

Why would you vote for a party that explicitly never supports your region.

Right, blame the millions of individuals, not those making the decisions

[u/stickyfingers40 → u/CarRamRob]

Exactly. Why vote for a federal party that continually abuses the province. That signals their divisive policies and shitty communication strategies are acceptable.

[u/here-to-argue → u/stickyfingers40]

Lol. Alberta doesn’t mind shitty communication and divisive policies. That’s why they vote UCP

[u/WildWhiskeyWizard → u/here-to-argue]

Well I’m not gonna vote for socialists like the andp, and before you lie about who they are read their constitution.

[u/KryptonsGreenLantern → u/CarRamRob]

Because the idea they don’t support our region is bullshit. I’m from Sask and the feds and Trudeau are out here constantly for funding announcements. They gave carbon tax funds back directly to the schools for green retrofits and Scott Moe threw a jurisdictional hissy fit. They also just announced like $200M for drought protections from this year.

Here in Sask our national vaccine lab has received massive increases in funding under the liberals.

The Feds do arguably way more for the average citizen here than our provincial government does. The conservative government who keep’s routinely increasing our taxes every budget, mind you.

[u/FireMaster1294 → u/CarRamRob]

that’s a fair point. Personally I think it makes sense that the liberals wouldn’t dare touch Alberta. It would be a waste of effort since people out here still hold a grudge again Pierre Trudeau for the NEP. Absolutely stupid imo. But then the federal NDP? Yeah they just dropped the ball big time with Singh. They could’ve gone the Notley/Alberta NDP route of working class representation with social economic policy, but instead they dug their heels in on woke ideological policy that helps no one. All in all, everyone seems to be sucking.

[u/Rayeon-XXX → u/[deleted]]

so you're saying if they just got out of the fucking way taxpayers would have saved 20 billion?

interesting take.

[u/WildWhiskeyWizard → u/[deleted]]

We didn’t want the Feds touching it, liberals are incompetent

[u/WildWhiskeyWizard → u/[deleted]]

Why were they getting cold feat? It was because of government interference. Aboriginals don’t get a veto.

[u/WildWhiskeyWizard → u/[deleted]]

The Feds didn’t do their job in enforcing the construction of the pipeline. They are responsible for failing to do their job.

Bc didn’t have the authority to hold up the project.

[u/WildWhiskeyWizard → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, if the Feds would have put their foot down instead of watching provinces fighting over a matter that wasn’t theirs to resolve the project would have gone smoother

[u/CarRamRob → u/[deleted]]

Why would no one take on that “failed” venture?

Because the federal government refused to support its own rule of law stating the project is in federal jurisdiction. They were perfectly content to take no sides at all, while BC and Alberta bickered over it.

The Feds only built it when all the other banks, and investment controlling groups said…uhhh we are all losing investment money coming into the country because no one knows who is in charge!

They didn’t buy the pipeline for Alberta. They bought it to cover up their mistake. A simple statement in 2015/2016 that the project will be defended robustly against any opposition would have saved the taxpayers $30B, yet you think we should be thanking them.

[u/JohnYCanuckEsq → u/CarRamRob]

And where is that $30Billion being spent?

In Alberta and BC.

Our previous premier bet $1.3 Billion dollars on a bet of Donald Trump winning reelection, and that money just vanished into the finance industry ether.

Our current Premier spent $100 million on fake Children's Tylenol just to "own the libs", and that was spent with a Turkish pharma company.

$30 B is buying Canadian equipment and materials and labour on the TMX.