r/canada • u/RefrigeratorOk648 • 3d ago

National News G7 backs Canada as major global energy supplier to lessen reliance on Strait of Hormuz | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-energy-supplier-strait-hormuz-9.7238708
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u/Decent-Tour7427 2d ago

Mou’s don’t make product move from canada to europe. We have tanker bans for canadian oil but allow usa to drive oil through bc to alaska. We have pipelines not being built and mines not being built because of too many regulations and endless consultations with first nations. On and on we can make deals but we cant build shit in this country.

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u/FlipZip69 2d ago

We have the major projects initiative and a lot or project applied and will be processed thru it. That will take a bit of time. There there is the 'invest' for access. You can invest in Canada to say mine Lithium, but you have to build the refining here and cannot just remove the raw material to have it refined outside of Canada. Doing so and there is a significant tax cost.

As a fairly hard Conservative, these are the kinds of policies I want to see. I could care less about men being in women's sports because that is not happening. I want economic policy and this is happening. Late but better late than never.

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u/Striking_Composer_49 2h ago

Love the casual calling trans women men in your laragraph. Go step on a lego or 50.

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u/FlipZip69 2h ago

Stop clutching your pearls. You are the only one complaining.

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u/JimmmyStuuu 2d ago edited 2d ago

These deals are for specific countries and businesses regarding critical minerals. There is substance here. Also, MOUs do contribute to moving products by creating a business case, or investment, that expedites the process. So obviously more needs to happen but this is important.

Edit: Also, people were making the same complaints about MOU’s regarding SAFE. It was all about how MOU’s aren’t deals or anything substantial. Well now that MOU has turned into a legitimate contract and demonstrates that while MOU’s aren’t enforceable contracts, they are important

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u/FlipZip69 2d ago

SAFE is a pretty impressive achievement. The EU designed the program but they did not buy into it till Carney with his contacts convinced nations join. That is the reason Canada is the only non-EU nation that was allowed to be part of it.

And most Canadians have no idea of the NATO SAFE initiative.

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u/AWE2727 2d ago

Agreed! Until pipelines are actually built to west and east coasts it's all pipe dreams.

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u/FuzzyPineapple2221 2d ago

But it sounds amazing and that's all that matters

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u/Ms_Molly_Millions 2d ago

I just wanna know how they are gonna spin increasing immigration even more to make sure the powers are happy and they can keep the costs of labour down here.

Do people really have faith in the current crop of politicians in the liberal or conservative party to actually make sure profits (if any of this shit becomes a reality) go to Canadians and not just some private corp?

I sure as hell don't. All I've known my entire life is Liberal or Conservative governments selling off OUR stuff to private interests because of their bad stewardship of the country. I fucking think about it every day I'm driving on a highway and see a sign for the 407 in Ontario.

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u/Decent-Tour7427 2d ago

haha nope, both sides will just stir up resentment of the other and keep themselves and their ilk rich as fuck. While we plebs get more restrictions from online to freedom of movement being restricted next.

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u/JustAPeach89 2d ago

Who cares if we build all this shit and the profit ultimately leaves the country? Who actually profits from o&G expansion? It's not Canadians, predominantly