Miles
958 posts
the political beliefs options on hinge are dire
John Rustad and the Conservative caucus just released our 10-point plan to address the tariffs. The BC NDPs plan to ban Kentucky bourbon isn't going to do anything for BC. British Columbians need a serious plan. So here it is: 1. Immediately negotiate a Canada Wide Free Trade Agreement. Interprovincial barriers are the equivalent of between a 21 and 25% tariff. Open flow of all goods and commodities, including energy, will help to offset our dependency on the USA. 2. Immediately call back the legislature to implement a Fiscal Emergency Bill. a) Bill should ask for additional fiscal room to implement port and border security measures. b) Bill should identify additional funding to reopen BC’s trade offices foreign countries. c) Bill should suspend all but the essential requirements in the Environment Assessment Act. d)Bill should suspend all but the essential requirements for development permits. e) Bill should implement a quick 3 month review to eliminate as much government wasteful spending as possible to get our fiscal house in order. 3. Work with LNG Canada to immediately advance phase 2 of their Kitimat LNG project. This would inject billions in additional construction activity into BC’s economy. 4. Immediately provide a 10 year extension to the permitting of existing natural gas pipeline projects. 5. Immediately eliminate the Carbon Tax to reduce costs for consumers and businesses. 6. Immediately eliminate the requirement for LNG projects to use electricity for compression. 7. Immediately eliminate the CO2 emissions caps/targets to unleash investments in BC. 8. Work with the Mining Sector to approve and advance the approximate 17 mining projects in BC that are ready to go. This would inject about $36 billion in economic activity during construction, create 10s of thousands of jobs and significantly increase BC’s GDP and revenue. 9. Immediately strike a task force to provide targeted cost reductions for BC’s forest sector. 10. Stop work towards a power line from the Northeast to the Northwest and replace the project with natural gas fired electricity generation directly in the Northwest. This is our plan to #FightForBC.
BREAKING: Trudeau announces 25% tariffs on $155 billion worth of American goods, with a staggered application over the next three weeks.
John Rustad and his Conservatives need to take off their “Make America Great Again” hats and put on team Canada Jerseys like the rest of us Canadians. Absolutely shameful!
Mark Carney is the banker for billionaires that privatized and sold-off Petro-Canada — driving up gas prices for generations of Canadians. You can't trust him to stand up for working people. He'll do what Liberals always do: Let the billionaires run the show.
If there was ever a time for the Government to take action, it's now. Canada Post going on strike 2 weeks before Black Friday devastates small businesses. As the leading Canadian carrier this has massive consequences—small businesses will unfairly bear the brunt. If small businesses are the backbone of our economy, the Canadian Govt needs to show that they have one and force this to end now. @jyduclos, @stevenmackinnon, @JustinTrudeau
