If one were to assemble a group of the most insidiously devious minds that this world has spawned and ask them to devise the surest way to snap the bonds of Canadian Confederation, disenchant and alienate an entire productive region of the country, paralyze the nation’s transportation system and, while they were at it, deepen the rift with Canada’s Indigenous citizens, they’d report back in a heartbeat: “Sorry, we can’t come up with anything that beats what you’ve already got — the present...
The cancellation follows the West Coast tanker ban, the stalled Trans Mountain and the Coastal GasLink pipelines, the rejection of Energy East and the dense thicket of always swelling regulations, assessments, protests and court cases.
I hope the apology king has some apologies ready. He should apologize to the 7,000 Canadians who won’t get a job now that Teck is dead, to Canadian taxpayers for the billions in revenue the treasury will have to forgo from all the projects killed or chased away and for his obsession with global warming, which has fed the neglect, and even hostility, towards Canada’s industrial core.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney was right when he said that, “The factors that led to today’s decision further weaken national unity. The Government of Alberta agreed to every request and condition raised by the federal government for approving the Frontier project, including protecting bison and caribou habitat, regulation of oilsands emissions and securing full Indigenous support.”
Garbage. With WCS oil trading at under $37USD on the open market ($21 less than WTI oil) coupled with the cost to retrieve a barrel of WCS oil, it's the price of oil that's the only factor. Guaranteed if WCS oil was $100USD Teck would be dig, dig, dig! canpoli cdnpoli
Good column. Accurate but sad conclusion.
As usual Rex, your full of shit! Tecks decision is a business decisionbased on low world bitumen prices and there cowardly decision to back down before a likely govt decision to support it! Just another NP pro con piece of Journalistic tripe.
Love it. 'dilettante playacting the part of prime minister'. It doesn't get more accurate than this. An empty shell for blindly loyal Liberals to rally behind, regardless of incompetence.
Check the price of oil lately you old fu
nicole_in_AB
You can be sure that if that money was being pulled from Quebec, Trudeau would have fought tooth and nail to keep it in....eg. SNC Lavalin...
Wrong again, Rex. Try to report reality. Read the Teck letter carefully. Read it twice.
Well said sir!
Rex must have been in the company board room when they decided to withdraw their application. If not this opinion is weak.
Rex Murphy is, and always has been, an IDIOT.
In my opinion - Rex Murphy is the number two okboomer cheerleader... and it comes down to 'Rex? Who Cares?' A lame article missing the point about reality - bu then again - Murphy lost relevance when he became a climate change denier. Enjoy your oil... yyc ableg canpoli
Rex the dinosaur no thanks
There’s NO clear federal policy in climate change and the need Canada has for energy. This confusing, which is the fault of the federal Liberals, is driving global investment OUT of Canada. The CEO of Tech Mines said this....Canada is dying economically from NO federal leadership
Rex should move in with Jason Kenney. They both have their heads in the tarsands. The times are changng, boys.
Of course, Teck desides not to move ahead with development, blame Trudeau! Rex, maybe you should blame the slump on oil demands
Trudeau needs to step down he is so incompetent its sickening
It has NOTHING to do with the fact that oil is literally HALF the price it was when this plan was conceived ...NOTHING
Yup
Funny, that's not what Teck said.
cdnpoli oilsands rexmurphy RexMurphy1 Rex Murphy, I'm surprised you manage to stay on your high horse considering how the oil & gas industry has greased your palm with speaking fees. In your CBC days, you would have slammed anyone with such a flagrant conflict of interest.
Sure is
It’s such a shame. Canada has all these resources which we cannot market. Thousands of jobs just vaporizing without anything to replace them. Opportunities for wages and tax revenue to fund a healthy society just wasted. When are Canadians going to wake up from this nightmare?
Does Rex Murphy's opinion really matter to anyone?
Oh for the love of gawd. OkBoomer DinosaurRex
You don’t need oil or gas. Just burn wood
Hack publication
Well Rex reading your articles over the last few years I'm left wondering 'if the pen truly is still mightier than the sword' or 'if pain is still the best teacher'. Personally I think all Canadians will need to experience more pain than facts laced with wit. Sad testament to 🇨🇦.
Oh FFS. Who cares what that angry old man has to say?!? Ugh. Get some new people and material
Rubbish! There’s no business case for investment. Profit is the private sector benchmark. If there’s no profit to be made. There’s no private sector investment. Any other reasoning is whining Tories!
What a putz , and now Alberta court of appeals rules the carbon tax is unconstitutional . I can hear the whining now.Potato head is so over his head . No clue how to be a leader...
No. If that were true they would have waited two days then cancelled. Your not paying attention.
Here comes the National Post blame it on Justin opinion article parade!
weakling Trudeau got what he wanted. How bout we get what we want next election? Dear MP’s please overthrow the libtards at the earliest opportunity!!!
The Liberal government who have promoted and allowed dissent have sent a clear message all across the world that Canada is an undesirable place to invest in.
Yes, of course, the all-powerful PMJT controls global oil prices and supply. It's almost like this wasn't a financially viable project. Add in conservative intransigence on climate change that Teck literally calls out and it's an open/shut business case.
How do the anti-development ideologues reconcile their position while demanding, and voting for more and more government spending on everything from Pharmacare to Daycare to Dental and Housing?
It a absolutely is
World oil prices have nothing to do with it perhaps🤔
JustinTrudeau destroying the future for a GrandKids
This guy is really giving the screws to Canada. What happened to 'it's about protecting jobs'? We need to fight back.
Fuck Rex Murphy. FuckRexMurphy
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