Mark Carney is in Calgary and this newshound and the Liberal leader and prime minister start with a little back and forth. Read More
’We need the votes of your readers,’ says Liberal Leader Mark Carney in Calgary, appealing to readers of this column to get on board the Liberal train
‘We need the vote of your readers,’ says Liberal Leader Mark Carney in Calgary, appealing to readers of this column to get on board the Liberal train
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Mark Carney is in Calgary and this newshound and the Liberal leader and prime minister start with a little back and forth.
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The question comes after the national … that is Ontario … reporters get to pitch their puzzlers.
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Anyway, the question for Carney is easy. It’s one question, two parts.
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Number One. Premier Danielle Smith presented Carney with a list of demands she wants to see worked on by his government if the Liberals win the election.
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Smith gives Carney six months to see progress. Many of the nine demands have to do with oil and gas.
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What is Carney’s response to Smith and her desire to reverse the policies brought in by the Trudeau Liberal government against Alberta’s will and harmful to oil and gas?
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Number Two.
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“In front of all these people from Alberta, you talk about fast-tracking nation-building projects. Can you give a commitment to us that you will do everything in your power to get new oil and gas pipelines and new LNG projects included?
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“A real commitment here.”
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A commitment. A yes to the question. Here. Alberta.
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With politicians, you have to nail them down. With politicians leading a party that’s burned Alberta so many times in the past, you have to really give them not an inch of wiggle room.
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Carney fires back.
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“Hey, I’m from Alberta. You don’t need to tell me what Alberta is like. I’m from Alberta. I know this province. I’ve got tons of friends here. I’ve got family here. I’m known here. I grew up here.
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“I know. I’ll be direct.”
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Carney says his Liberal government will identify projects in the national interest.
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He has a plan. The federal government has a role to play.
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“I’ve been prime minister for three and a half weeks and because I’m from Alberta I do things. OK, Rick.”
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You da boss.
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“I’m focused on getting things done in conventional as well as clean energy.”
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Carney says he’s “got a process at the federal level” and he’s “putting it in place.”
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He says the premiers are on board.
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Then somehow I come back into the picture.
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Actually you, loyal readers, are back in the picture.
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“To be clear Rick, we need your vote. I shouldn’t ask that of the media. I’m sorry. We need the vote of your readers. Let me clarify that. Strike that. We need the vote of your readers so we can put this into place.”
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OK readers, it’s up to you.
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On this day Carney is talking about making Canada an energy superpower.
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