Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Regrettably Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, along with Environment Minister Catherine McKenna , have received a gift, courtesy of the majority of Senators ... the passing of Bills C-48 and C-69. For those not aware, Bill C-48 is the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act, which prohibits oil tankers that are carrying more than 12 500 metric tons of crude oil or persistent oil as cargo from stopping, or unloading crude oil or persistent oil, at ports or marine installations located along British Columbia’s north coast from the northern tip of Vancouver Island to the Alaska border . As to Bill C-69, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (through its website magazine) states that ... t he government has positioned the changes to the NEBA and CEAA embodied in Bill C-69 as a means of eliminating regulatory uncertainty, providing clarity, avoiding legal action, and increasing Indigenous and stakeholder engagement. While these goals are ostensibly positive, there is a ...

The battle against the federal Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ... and its seemingly unabated attacks on Canada’s resource industry through Bills C-69, C-48, and the fight over the Trans Mountain Pipeline expanse ... has raged on forever – at least it feels like it has.   And its opponents have been many, and for good reason. As Senator Richard Neufeld stated, “ There are no oil-tanker moratoriums in the entire world. If this bill passes, Canada would have the only one .” A statement from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) also spoke to the point that Bill C-48, in particular, would do virtually nothing to address the thousands of cruise ships, fueling and other types of vessels that traverse Northern British Columbia waters on an annual basis, for example. Instead the Bill almost exclusively targeted Canada’s energy sector, blocking the possibility of export of Canadian petroleum products to international markets. ...

This week the BC Conservative Party announced a new leader ... the Senate was holding community meetings on Bill C69 ... the federal Liberal government was ramming though another omnibus bill to hide things ... and we talked about independent journalism. All that and more ... including these next ten commentaries ... the most read of the week. #10    ADAM OLSEN”   Round-Up? Woodwynn was either organic or was on the way to becoming organic. The future of it was to achieve organic status. It runs next to Ḱ ENNES, an important watershed within Saanich and Central Saanich http://acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2019/04/adam-olsen-round-up-woodwynn-was-either.html #9   Richard Neufeld: S ome Provinces are calling Bill C-69 unconstitutional and a federal infringement on provincial jurisdiction, and others calling for its outright defeat http://acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2019/04/richard-neufeld-some-provinces-are.htm...

REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION : Richard Neufeld is a senator for British Columbia and a member of Senate committees on National Finance; the Arctic; and Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources. He was formerly B.C.’s minister for energy, mines and petroleum resources Last month, respected journalist Daphne Bramham wrote a piece on Senate reform and addressed how it is becoming increasingly more transparent. She seemed, in my view, to attribute this change to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Independent Senators. CLICK HERE for her full op / ed piece To my dismay, what I read was an inaccurate assessment of Canada’s Upper Chamber. The fact is changes have been taking place well before Trudeau became Prime Minister. I submitted a piece to the paper to set the record straight on a number of inaccuracies in the article, but it failed to make the cut. I appreciate and respect the paper’s editorial prerogative to refuse submissions, but I have difficu...