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From the Act now to end Alberta's THE
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Publisher’s Desk Dana McArthur economic nightmare WORLD
Dana McArthur Member Canadian Association of Journalists The Weekly Anchor welcomes Letters to the Editor
Member Canadian Association of Journalists by Gwyn Morgan prolongs reliance on fossil fuels.”
SINCE IT
Contributor Troy Media Speaking of green energy, The Planet of
Humans, a powerful new documentary All letters are published at the discretion of the editor-publisher
Albertans are living a five-year p r o d u c e d b y e r s t w h i l e who reserves the right to edit for clarity, length and libel. All
nightmare that just keeps getting worse. environmentalists' hero Michael Moore letters must bear the name of the writer —and must also include
The nightmare started in 2015 when making its debut on YouTube, is a myth- WAS FLAT.
our newly-elected Prime Minster Justin buster that's shaking the green energy the address and telephone number (which will not be published).
Trudeau appointed Gerald Butts, head establishment to its roots. The publisher will consider withholding the writer’s name from
of the Canadian arm of the anti-fossil- Then came another letter from 265 print if there is a legitimate case for reprisals.
fuel World Wildlife Fund, as his Canadian university professors arguing Letters published do not necessarily reflect the policies or beliefs
principal secretary and key adviser. that the industry should be left to die and of this newspaper.
A year later, Trudeau cancelled the the funds go instead to green-energy
previously approved Northern Gateway development.
Pipeline destined for the B.C. port of Those letter writers may have got
Prince Rupert. their way. But three days before the
Then in early 2017, Trudeau made his p r i m e m i n i s t e r ' s A p r i l 1 7
infamous visit to Alberta in which he announcement, Alberta oil prices went $36 billion more than Ontario's, though diversification would carry it through. NEED
advocated a “phase-out of the oil below zero, pushing many companies Ontario's population is three times By contrast, resource-dependent
sands.” off the precipice. So Ottawa did act. But Alberta's. Canada would lose its most important NEW
Later that year came the demise of the the help it provided was both modest In 2019, despite captive-market industry. And an entire province would
Energy East Pipeline to the New and selective. discounts, oil and gas and its derivatives move from Canada's biggest net
Riding Update: Brunswick port of Moncton when, after Canada announced $15 million to $60 exports (exports minus imports) and impoverished. WEBDONUTS
The Business Development Bank of accounted for US$115 billion in net economic contributor to its most
regulatory hearings and consultations
The COVID-19 experience also
Open Letter: had been completed, Trudeau acceded million in one-year loans at “full five of Canada's top 10 net-export teaches us the folly of depending on
to Quebec's objections by inserting new,
commercial interest rates” for goods.
deliberately impossible conditions. qualifying small and medium-sized And here's a dramatic illustration of other countries for critical supplies.
With no access to tidewater, Canadian companies. This does provide a Canada's dependency on our bountiful Energy is the most important of those.
Letter to the Editor oil producers were left hostage to temporary reprieve for some companies resource endowment: Of these top 10 The Energy East cancellation has left
American refiners at captive market but it's hard to think of a more modest net exports, seven are natural resources Quebec and the Atlantic provinces
Letter to the Editor discounts as high as $2 billion per measure for an industry employing half and the other three are agricultural. dependent on oil now supplied mainly
month. a million people facing existential Vehicles aren't among the top 10 net by – guess who? – Saudi Arabia.
Had the cancelled pipelines been crisis. exports because we import more than If that decision could be reversed,
built, those lost tens of billions of By comparison, in the 2009 Ontario we export. Energy East could be fast-tracked, as it
dollars would have been on industry auto industry crisis, the federal Korea's economy bounced back from mostly involves converting an existing
balance sheets. government injected $20 billion (in COVID-19 in part because it's a natural gas pipeline to oil.
Instead, most companies were already 2020 dollars) – without repayment manufacturing powerhouse. Canada's Canada should immediately engage
on the edge of a financial precipice
requirements – to save just 22,000 jobs.
recovery will depend on government the U.S. administration to set a viable
Jim Eglinski when the COVID-19 crisis slashed the most important engine of Canada's than impede, resource investment. oil price and phase in a ban on offshore
The oil and gas industry has long been policies that actively encourage, rather minimum North American benchmark
world oil demand. Their only hope was
MP Yellowhead Media Release: government aid, a prospect vehemently economy. From 2014 to 2018, it Over the past few years, production imports.
opposed by the anti-fossil fuel groups,
There's no time to lose. Every day that
contributed over $100 billion to gross growth from U.S. oil shale and
most of whom make their living off the domestic product, tens of billions in Canadian oil sands have substantially passes sees further weakening of the
Open Letter: public purse. direct payments to governments and reduced the Saudi Arabian and Russian industry that's most important to
Letter to the Editor Policy
On March 25, a collection of 108 income taxes paid by those half a share of global oil markets. restoring government revenues. And The Weekly Anchor welcomes Letters to the Editor
groups comprising public service million employees. Average annual The COVID-19 collapse in oil any hope Albertans have of waking from All letters are published at the discretion of the editor-publisher who reserves the right
HELP SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM My unions, environmentalists such as the capital spending of $40 billion sourced demand hands Vladimir Putin and their tragic five-year nightmare must also include the address and telephone number (which will not be published). The
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