Community befits alone ... the improvement projects as part of Trans mountain going through Kamloops. There was going to be a whole corridor improvement project
Alan Forseth ~~ Kamloops ~~
April 18th, 2019
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| Conservative MP Cathy McLeod Kamloops - Thompson - Cariboo |
Cathy McLeod, Member of
Parliament for Kamloops – Thompson – Cariboo says today’s announcement by the
Liberal government to extend the deadline to June 18th to make a final
decision on the Trans Mountain Expansion, proves they never planned to meet the
original deadline.
“The fact that the Liberals announced this extension only a month before
the original decision deadline, and two days after the Alberta election, proves
they never planned to get this project underway in a timely manner,” said
McLeod.
“This means that the Trans Mountain Expansion will miss another summer
construction season, adding significant delays to the completion of this project.”
Not only completion of
the project is at stake however, numerous other projects, as well as increasing
the viability of business all around the region. McLeod indicated local governments, they had talked about,
having some of that support in terms of community benefit agreements, and of
course don’t have it.
Cathy went on to tell me
that:
“Community befits alone ... the improvement projects as part of Trans mountain going through Kamloops. There was going to be a whole corridor improvement project.”
“Community befits alone ... the improvement projects as part of Trans mountain going through Kamloops. There was going to be a whole corridor improvement project.”
“Not
only is it the ongoing revenue, it’s the short-term improvement projects AND the
work.”
MP Cathy McLeod went on
to say that, “In the community of Valemount
for example they were hoping to have their restaurants full, there accommodations
full, there work camps vibrant and running. “
And what does that mean I asked?
And what does that mean I asked?
“It’s
really another year where their community benefits and projects won’t flow.”
The mistakes the
Liberals have made on the Trans Mountain Expansion, with their ‘no more pipelines’
Bill C-69 and other anti-energy policies and legislation have destroyed
Canada’s reputation as a stable, fair, predictable destination for energy
investment.
Liberal Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau made Canadians pay for his mistakes by spending $4.5 billion of
taxpayer’s money to purchase the existing pipeline – and he overpaid for the
pipeline by over a billion dollars.
Again, commenting on the
postponement, Cathy McLeod showed serious concern in stating, “Every delay, according to a parliamentary
report is at significant cost to taxpayers. There will be increased
construction costs by hundreds of millions of dollars.”
“The fact is that the Liberals have no plan to actually get the
Expansion built”
“Every year of delay kills additional tens of thousands of Canadian jobs
as upstream oil and gas projects are scaled back and expansions are cancelled
due to a lack of pipeline capacity”, said McLeod.
Of course, British
Columbians need be concerned with how Premier elect Jason Kenney is going to
handle the delay, after all, he had already threatened to turn of the supply of
oil and gas to be BC should he and the United Conservative Party be
elected. McLeod was optimistic however.
“I think what we all want to see, including Premier elect Kenney, is for
the commitment to move the pipeline forward.
I noted today in his comments regarding the delay, he was he was
maintaining some optimism.”
She continued, “I was certainly frustrated by again another announcement of a delay. To some degree you wonder how much electoral politics is beginning to factor in to this decision”.
She continued, “I was certainly frustrated by again another announcement of a delay. To some degree you wonder how much electoral politics is beginning to factor in to this decision”.
“I think, as you know, the communities across the province are very divided. Here the interior is predominantly supportive
-- not everyone of obviously but predominantly -- where you know the lower
mainland its probably the opposite.”
She then continued by stating that, “Certainly the pipeline does have influence in terms of some peoples perspective on how, and what, a government is doing, and should be doing”.
She then continued by stating that, “Certainly the pipeline does have influence in terms of some peoples perspective on how, and what, a government is doing, and should be doing”.
Moving into what will likely be the battle cry for the Conservatives, come the October federal election:
“I believe that we need an Andrew Scheer Conservative government that
has promised to cancel the Carbon Tax, scrap the ‘no more pipelines’ Bill C-69
and stand up for Canada’s energy sector with the leadership needed to help
energy workers and their families get ahead,” concluded McLeod.
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