Description: As U.S. President Donald Trump continues to propose absorbing Canada, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe disregards the threat — but says Canada needs to prioritize energy and food security to avoid putting itself in a ‘vulnerable position,’ and criticizes a ‘lack of leadership’ from the federal Liberal government.
Agreed.
Especially perplexing is why the hell isn’t Alberta doing it itself? Bitumen is quite difficult to transfer as it needs to be kept hot to be liquid enough to transport, yet they went so far in for the keystone XL pipeline that had to be heated its entire way to Texas.
Not to mention that our trade deals with the US has them selling their oil far below world market prices, so refining it locally would massively raise their profits and they can even start producing plastics, not just fuels. The number of industries they could put together and attract US money over the decades is countless, yet they’ve been so satisfied selling their resources to the lowest bidder this entire time.
Makes me wonder where the loyalties of Albertian premiers over the decades lie, especially when they keep cutting local services while blaming the rest of the country why their people keep suffering.