darwink
Senior Member
The duty to consult applies on private land.Will the Courts continue this scope creep into privately owned land?
No government can wish away the duty to consult.
The duty to consult applies on private land.Will the Courts continue this scope creep into privately owned land?
This isn't accurate. The government must consult when action might impact a claimed right.Few Canadians realize that the Courts require consultation around use of traditional lands (i.e. all public land) not just Reserve land.
I don't see how a mega-merger can result in more jobs than if they both have been run as separate companies. These press releases with jobs numbers are just the first part of the marketing strategy as they try to get regulatory approval. Perhaps some jobs will shift around and Calgary might benefit from that, but net job growth compared to two separate companies seems unlikely.Shaw's Calgary head office will be Rogers base of operations in Western Canada, but I imagine there will be duplicate positions that will be eliminated. The CBC article says it should create 3000 jobs, so maybe it's a good thing? https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-signs-deal-buy-shaw-1.5949825
I wouldn't be too worried, there's pretty much zero chance of stopping Line 3 at this point. People can protest all they want but all permits and approvals are in place. It should be finished by the end of the year.Enbridge Line 3
Those that have been following this development (me), knew this had to happen. Construction in Minnesota is gaining media attention, thanks to Jane Fonda and local indigenous communities. You can always count on the media to get involved with this guaranteed protest formula....
Celebrity + Indigenous Groups = Major Cause for Concern
Keystone XL is dead. Line 5 has been threatened and now this. No question, these protest groups have been galvanized by Biden's election. I have not heard if Trudeau has asked Biden to intervene on behalf of Line 5 but he better be paying close attention to Line 3 as well.
If these two pipelines are shutdown, Canadian oil industry is in for more hurt.![]()
Don't expect our Prime Minister to put up much of a fight. Trudeau isn't really a fighter, not much of a leader as a matter of fact. His official statement and conversation with Biden about the Keystone XL was two sentences voicing his disappointment for the now dead KXL project, and the rest congratulating him becoming President and stating his support for anti-oil&gas policies (I'm not kidding. Read it).Celebrity + Indigenous Groups = Major Cause for Concern
Keystone XL is dead. Line 5 has been threatened and now this. No question, these protest groups have been galvanized by Biden's election. I have not heard if Trudeau has asked Biden to intervene on behalf of Line 5 but he better be paying close attention to Line 3 as well.
No question, Harper pissed off Obama on Keystone XL. Regardless, neither Conservative or Liberal governments have moved the ball much on pipelines in the last 15 years to the detriment of the Canadian economy. The ball has been in Trudeau's court for 6 years. Yes, he bought TMX but killed Northern Gateway and for all intents and purposes, Energy East too. At the end of the day, the energy industry needs much more pipeline capacity over the next 10 years than we currently have, if we are going to keep up with global demand. The benefit ? How about jobs, exports and increased GDP? I have said this before in this forum ... we still have to pay for things ... so where is the revenue going to come from?^ a response like that, ask yourself, what did Harper do for Keystone XL when he was in office? His claim to fame was the modern equivalent of 'taking a piss on my rug' between LBJ and Pearson.
no idea, but it seems like many people think they can predict the future. Much like they predicted housing prices to collapse because of Covid..... I'm always skeptical of future predictions when they are based on the notion of "this time its different" as that tends to not be the case. Maybe i'm just an optimist![]()
Yes it is different. Most of those oil & gas jobs are not coming back to downtown even if the price of oil stays between $70-$100 per barrel, for these reasons.But this time is different, very different! The global players pulling out of Alberta and the huge lack of investment is testament to that. We would need a very strong boom just to fill the empty space we have, let alone build more. The problem is we have a downtown core for a city of 4+ million people in a city with less than half that population, mostly supporting an industry with a limited future. Hence the push to diversify into tech. Oil prices recovering may take a bit of the sting out, but it won't solve the problem.