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1) Imposing aluminum and steel and other targeted tariffs as a strategic punitive and defensive measure against an anti-trade U.S. President like Donald Trump was politically viable because those tariffs had little visible direct impact on consumers. https://twitter.com/jengerson/status/1352271926375243779
2) By comparison, if you think Canadians are going to risk a trade war escalation and clamor for higher heating and oil costs in the middle of winter to engage in a useless symbolic protest over...Keystone XL. Right before an election call. You are off your fucking rocker.
3) When Alberta voted Kenney over Notley, we dumped a premier who actually had a track record of succeeding on this file in favour of an emotional support pet who said things that made everybody feel better.
But every time Kenney barked, we lost potential allies.
But every time Kenney barked, we lost potential allies.
4) The only person who has our back at all right now is ... Justin Trudeau, who bought TMX, and did advocate for KXL while Albertans were burning his effigy in the street.
He deserves some credit for this.
He deserves some credit for this.
5) But you can't turn our Prime Minister into your political bogeyman one day, and then demand that he spend all his political capital on you the next.
Especially when your demand is: "make life expensive for everybody as a useless gesture to show America we are mad."
Especially when your demand is: "make life expensive for everybody as a useless gesture to show America we are mad."
6) Alberta is a landlocked province of four million people and America is effectively energy independent.
Joe Biden will burn our entire province's economy to the ground with utter impunity if it means securing two weeks of peace from his own restive left flank.
Joe Biden will burn our entire province's economy to the ground with utter impunity if it means securing two weeks of peace from his own restive left flank.
7) There are no more allies left. No more favours to call in. There are no more cards to play. No moves to triangulate The jig is up. The game is over.
Alberta
HasNoLeverage
And we have nobody to blame for that but ourselves.
Alberta
HasNoLeverageAnd we have nobody to blame for that but ourselves.
7a) Wait, I take it half-way back. There is one move left:
"Clearly, we have failed to make the case for what great partners we can be as energy suppliers as the world gradually transitions away from fossil fuels."
"Clearly, we have failed to make the case for what great partners we can be as energy suppliers as the world gradually transitions away from fossil fuels."
7b) "We will spend the remainder of our term aggressively reaching out to Canadians and Americans, building key relationships in order to better communicate how we will produce our oil in a responsible and ethical manner, with long term sustainability front-of-mind."
That's it.
That's it.
