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At a time when print media is complaining about its viability, @calgaryherald shouldn’t be publishing blatantly wrong pieces as this one by Danielle Smith.
1/ https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-with-a-separation-vote-potentially-looming-we-have-two-years-to-fix-albertas-future
1/ https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-with-a-separation-vote-potentially-looming-we-have-two-years-to-fix-albertas-future
This paragraph is key to Ms Smith’s argument, saying that UNCLOS would give an independent Alberta *more* leverage to build a pipeline than it has as a province within Canada. It should have been obvious to people at @calgaryherald if not Ms Smith herself that this is wrong.
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The paragraph includes a helpful link to the relevant article in UNCLOS. I’ve included a screenshot here of what you get when you click on the link.
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Alert readers might look at paragraph 2 of Article 124:
“Land-locked States and transit States MAY, BY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEM, include as means of transport *pipelines* and gas lines...”
[emphasis added]
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“Land-locked States and transit States MAY, BY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEM, include as means of transport *pipelines* and gas lines...”
[emphasis added]
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You would think that — just perhaps — an editor at @calgaryherald if not Ms Smith herself would take a moment to read what comes up when you click on the hyperlink that Ms Smith herself included in her article.
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And perhaps — just perhaps — that @calgaryherald editor, if not Ms Smith herself, would wonder if that provision actually does invalidate her entire thesis. SPOILER ALERT: It does (long explanation embedded below).
6/ https://twitter.com/tim4hire/status/1189246597898657795
6/ https://twitter.com/tim4hire/status/1189246597898657795
Now, I don’t know what you were taught in school, but I learned well before high school that if your essay depends on some source that you are going to cite, you are going to get a failing grade if your source clearly says the exact opposite of what you claim it does.
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Do better, @calgaryherald. You were given all the tools you needed to realize that Ms Smith’s column was fundamentally wrong. But you published it anyway. At least pretend that you have journalistic standards.
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