Aaron Gunn – Quebec’s politicians can’t keep having it both ways -- blocking construction of pipelines from Western Canada, while at the same time collecting equalization from the rest of the country
Quebec’s politicians are a bunch of hypocrites. Here in Quebec they’re continuing to oppose pipelines from western Canada, while at the same time importing massive amounts of foreign oil to refinery’s like this one. And what’s their excuse? That they’re concerned about the environment? Each day, tankers come down the Saint Lawrence River right over there, loaded to the brim with oil from practically anywhere but Canada. Where’s the concern then? And it’s not like Quebec doesn’t have any pipelines of their own. In fact, the Trans Northern Pipeline actually distributes gasoline from a refinery in Montreal, to Eastern Ontario. But maybe worst of all, is the very industries and provinces they’ve worked so hard to oppose, are the very ones funding their entire government. Receiving $13 billion from provinces like Alberta, BC, and Saskatchewan through federal equalization, funding their generous social programs at everyone else’s expens...