Fair Rules Not Liberal Gatekeeping
Canada has always had the tools to build big projects for the benefit of all Canadians and Canadian natural resource sovereignty. But Canada should not be a place where big projects only get built because they are handpicked by big government bureaucrats, while anti-development laws and regulations block the rest.
Bill C-5 openly admits that the Liberal's own regulations are the reason major nation building projects have been and continue to be unable to be built in Canada. Now they want the credit for picking a few winners, while making losers of the rest. Canada can never be a global leader (or an energy superpower) if investors do not have the certainty or confidence to build. Real nation-building can’t happen when investors face uncertainty, red tape, and political interference. Private sector builders need clear timelines and a fair process, not Liberal favouritism and closed doors selections.
Conservatives want big projects to be built in Canada, and Conservatives have been the only party that has been consistent on that. The Liberals cannot hide the fact that it has been their party and their cabinet ministers who have imposed targeted and crushing anti-development laws on Canada's natural resources for the past decade. Don’t let the headlines fool you. Dozens of "nation building" projects continue to be stuck in the Liberal regulatory queue, and the truth is, the majority of the projects picked by Carney were already approved or even under construction!
Look, if the Liberals truly want Canada to be an energy superpower and elbows up, then the Liberals need to get out of the way and focus on what they can control, starting by repealing their anti-development laws, costly taxes, and restrictive policies that make Canada uncompetitive with the U.S and the rest of the world. They must repeal the No New Pipelines Never Build Anything Anywhere Bill C-69, the Shipping Ban C-48, the federal industrial carbon tax, the only one of its kind oil and gas cap, the “Just Transition” Bill C-50, and the Liberal oil and gas censorship law. Otherwise, this whole thing is just another bait and switch.