Here's a particularly unhinged part from Kenney's press conference today. Here's the one off the top but more below. “We think we signed a contract that minimized risks for the government of Alberta"
"Had we not entered into a partnership with TC Energy no construction would have been undertaken. Construction that has helped create 1000s of good paying jobs this year ...
...That created facts on the ground and demonstrated that we are not going to be passively accepting the campaign to landlock Canadian energy."
Hmm, if only there was a public inquiry looking into this campaign to "landlock Canadian energy." You may have seen some news stories about it over the weekend.
"The same political forces that are seeking to kill this project are trying to do the same with Line 3, Line 5 and other projects. We need to see KXL in the context of a broader effort to block Canada’s largest export product to the United States."
Again, Kenney has created a public inquiry that's spent $3.5 million dollars to thoroughly investigate this conspiracy theory. So far it's missed two deadlines, is about to blow a third and barely talked to anyone.
More quotes, but without the time code.
“We made what I believe was a prudent investment to move the project forward to create facts on the ground. And that limits exposure to taxpayers and if we need to pursue legal action to defend our interests we will do so.”
“We made what I believe was a prudent investment to move the project forward to create facts on the ground. And that limits exposure to taxpayers and if we need to pursue legal action to defend our interests we will do so.”
“We know that the same political forces trying to disrupt and stop the construction of Keystone XL are involved in trying to stop the expansion of Line 3 and Line 5 to the upper Midwest and many other vital projects that are the backbone of continental energy independence...
...If this precedent is allowed to go forward I believe those same political forces will seek to get a presidential order retroactively to remove the permission for border crossing of other critical energy infrastructure.”
"Because of this effort to landlock Canadian energy governments of all kinds have had to step in to help de-risk energy infrastructure..."
"without which this energy infrastructure would not be built and I think in that context this was a prudent investment that limits the taxpayer’s exposure.”
This was one of the most desperate parts of the press conference where he begs the Trudeau government to please save this project.
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