I agree that jettisoning the consumer carbon tax may have been a necessary move to kneecap the Conservatives...but that doesn't mean there won't also be negative consequences to doing so.

On a similar note, the Liberals are getting loads of justified criticism for the Alberta pipeline "deal"...but few people are talking about the whole thing requiring a private company that's willing to step up and build the thing, which...I don't think I'd bet money on that.

All of which is to say...it's a mess, at best. I have a bunch of conflicting thoughts and feelings about it.

[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Honestly, my big hope is that Carney is playing a fairly simple game with Alberta. Alberta etc generally blames the Federal government as the one stopping them from more pipelines etc.

I kind of love Carney saying "hey, the Feds will back off. Good luck." While knowing full well that BC Indigenous groups will never allow it. (And frankly, if the bands do say yes, I'm not sure I have the moral standing to disagree.) But Carney has taken away the biggest and best attack lines the Conservatives have. If the BC bands reject the pipelines, the Conservatives will have to defend the significantly less popular position of "over ride the Indigenous rights for oil!"

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think that's the most generous interpretation of it, not that I think it will help tamp down the crazies.

[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca -2 points 1 month ago

Oh for sure, crazies gonna crazy on all sides.

Crazy Conservatives gonna still blame the Feds for not pipelining, crazy Progressives gonna blame Carney for not forbidding any and all resource development.

But, I do have faith in that moderate middle. I've met more than a few Conservatives who are becoming fans, especially those who've felt their party bending to the crazies.