by Brad Salzberg
August 25, 2022
A rhetorical question published by the Toronto Star speaks volumes on the topic of energy and oil production in Canada:
“How come you[PM Justin Trudeau] have exempted it[Saudi Arabia] from your carbon tax and are not subjecting Saudi oil to the same environmental regulations you have imposed on Western Canadian oil?”
“It couldn’t be because most Saudi oil is destined for Quebec? You’re supposed to be in a battle with the Saudis, yet an objective outside observer might think you’re at war with Alberta.”
It couldn’t be because the Laurentian Mountain elite of Quebec want to maintain the Quebec-Saudi status quo, could it? To say nothing of the fact that you’re following in the footsteps of Pierre Trudeau by impeding oil production in Alberta?
Of course, it could be all of the above, plus whatever shady backroom deals the Liberal government has cooked up with oil billionaire Mohammed bin Salman, dictator of Saudi Arabia.
Just this week, PM Trudeau blocked what the National Post outlined in the following article:
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