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It is an inarguable statement when someone says that mining companies and industry in canada face some of the most lax policing for fine enforcement in the G7 With over $10 billion in public/taxpyayers dollars available for cleanup of abandoned mine sites alone it is a laughably common knowledge that shell companies simply declare bankruptcy to avoid paying these fines. Albertas orphaned wells might even be worse for this practice. The NOAMI foundation is a great place to start. While the polluter pays method is in fact in place and while there are in fact small funds in place to mitigate clean ups; by and large the public almost always pays the brunt of the cost. Kalamazoo alone was over a billion in a very safe waterway without tidal currents and with roughly a million gallons of oil spilled. The average tanker carries over 2 million barrels. At an average of 31 gallons per barrel.....one accident would eat that billion dollar fund in days. Assuming of course Canada could force an international polluter to pay.
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Calls a table stating evidence against his claims is cherry picked. Cherry picks an article without any basis of fact just statements
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Agreed. Amazingly what you will see is within 3 years after she is out of the premiers office, the diversified portfolio Alberta holds after the move away from single resource reliance in the GDP will be paying huge dividends and who do you think will be taking credit for it? That's honestly really sad. He has no platform, he has no plan and he has a terrible track record while in office. You almost ask for what will happen really
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You left BC. Therefore you don't get a say what the province of BC does. I understand there's a good chance you might even still own property here. So you're little more than an arrogant hypocrite that thinks it's ok to tell others what to do because it's better than you. Sorry cupcake, you're not now nor will you ever be that important At what point in time did I say that? Sorry I have gone through all of my posts and cannot find a single point in which I say that let alone hint towards that. But keep making things up. it works for you
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I am actually impressed with how far to the right Notley is leaning lately. She's showing herself to be more conservative than the current manifestation of the current conservative party with how she's handling this situation. Less rhetoric more action But I am interested in seeing Kenney's response which has actually been woefully silent except to yet again point fingers. This is a guy with a shoddy track record that screwed over a good deal of Albertans and Canadians with this handling of the TFW files and his allowance of TFWs to enter and work while thousands were thrown out of their positions And he stands a bloody good chance of winning in Alberta based on two things. 1. He's not an NDP and 2. He's a Conservative He's shown no platform, has shown no ideas, has no plan to slow spending except slash everything and he might win. As a person who enjoys the political theater and is convinced that the electorate cannot be more stupid than they show themselves to be, I expect the electorate in Alberta to surprise me yet again by voting him in without a second thought because the NDP is so bad for...well, I don't know. Aside from the catch up spending to cover bills not paid since Klein they've not been bad for the province.
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Do people really think No Platform Kenney would have been better at this issue with his track record?
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That money is earmarked for Vancouver alone. Most of us won't be affected by it
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Be honest. How are people feeling about Notley and her leadership for basically bending BC over a barrel with this proposed legislation
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I actually really enjoyed that answer. But in all honesty, one of the biggest faults of the former government and the Alberta government was the arrogance to assume BC would take all the risk and pay for the clean up while the feds and Alberta got all the money.
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Lemme simplify this for you. We have $100. My friend is going to get $50. I am going to get $45. We are going to sit here and watch as you get $5 to drive that flaming bus full of TNT across that bumpy road towards that cliff down the hill and we can't guarantee your brakes will work. But if the inevitable happens don't worry, we're going to make your family pay for the clean up Still seem like a good deal? I mean, all you have to do is drive right? Seems pretty good
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The amusing part is you think I am against this pipeline. Blackmails the flow of resources. Well...that would actually be Alberta in this case. With a threat to "shut the taps off" Planted by Putin...really? What kind of BS nonsense is that? Do we need a steel tariff to set you straight? How about softwood fees? The problem is you care more about your perceived self than you do the country as a whole. The idea of selling more for less is part of the idiotic mind set that got Canada in to this problem in the first place thanks to Lougheed and Mulroneys outright lies. Had Trudeau Sr. been allowed to push through his NEP and had Mulroney not sold the people on the idea of NAFTA being better than doing the work ourselves before selling off Petro Canada we wouldn't even be discussing this. BTW your lame legal ignorance is sitting there without a thought in your head that Notley is about to make Alberta a shareholder or partial owner, therefore STATE OWNED backer of a resource project. And you're supporting her. How...Putin-Esque comrade
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Again you show you have no idea what you're talking about. Is it a habit, intentional or are you just naturally out of the loop? BC would recieve the lowest amount but accept the greatest risk, it is a slightly better offer than Northern Gateway but not by much. https://www.transmountain.com/benefits Economic Benefits The $7.4 billion* pipeline Project will increase the value of Canadian oil by unlocking access to world markets. A Conference Board of Canada report has determined the combined government revenue impact for construction and the first 20 years of expanded operations is $46.7 billion, including federal and provincial taxes that can be used for public services such as health care and education. British Columbia receives $5.7 billion Alberta receives $19.4 billion The rest of Canada shares $21.6 billion Municipal tax payments (not adjusted for inflation) total $922 million to BC and $124 million to Alberta over the first 20 years of expanded pipeline operations. When one area takes all the risk, gets the least return and gets told they have to cover the greatest percentage of any clean up. It's a joke. As for your "start your own country" comment. There are only 2 provinces in all of canada that have seriously looked at separating from Canada Quebec and Alberta But hey. Do keep chiming in. The absolute depths of peoples ignorance and glaring stupidity never ceases to amaze me
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Kalamazoo...a small spill by all accounts compared to what a modern tanker would spill. In a river, without the issues of tides and rocky shores or major human habitation Clean up costs $1.2 billion plus and counting almost 6 years later. https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news-kalamazoo-river http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/05/mackinac_straits_spill_cost.html I have no issues with Horgan demanding that world class clean up and mitigation is on site first. Nor do I have any issues with him demanding laws get changed to ensure that the polluter pays the full cost over the taxpayers.
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Ya know This whole pipeline spat began when Alberta and The Harper Feds flat out said BC will be given pennies from these projects. Had ya'all not been so fn greedy and offered BC a measly few billion over 30 years and told us we were in charge of clean up costs in the event of a spill I am sure this would have gone over far easier But the crap the feds and Alberta have pulled on BC since 2012 in terms of how they've treated this provinces rights and trying to dictate what we will and won't do is absolute BS. You don't even see it which is why it is so laughably sad. Northern gateway would have offered BC less over 30 years than they make in a year in tourism. Kinder Morgan will not actually lower gas prices as there is no shortage right now of oil or gas as there is still a glut in the supply chain. If you REALLY wanted this issue solved maybe working with the province instead of dictating terms to them would have been the better way to go. Maybe your attitude and the similar attitudes of those in former federal power and Alberta's provincial government were a huge part of the issue to begin with
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Again you have no idea what you're talking about https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/mining-materials/taxation/8882 http://www.lawnow.org/whos-the-boss-jurisdiction-over-the-environment-in-canada/ The 1982 amendments to the Constitution Act, 1867 explicitly recognized provinces’ and territories’ constitutional rights to manage their own non-renewable natural resources, forestry resources, and electrical energy. This includes the power to levy mining taxes and royalties. Section 92A stipulates that each province’s legislature can enact laws related to: exploring non-renewable resources, and developing, conserving and managing non-renewable and forestry resources. As well, provincial legislatures can make laws relating to raising money by any mode or system of taxation with respect to non-renewable natural resources as long as such laws do not result in differential taxation between primary production processed within the province and primary production exported to another part of Canada.
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WTF do you mean what attitude? Dream on. Go chop down another tree, strip mine another mountain, dam another river or flush another turd in the ocean. No one cares about BCs horrendous environmental standards because they have two bit industry. Son the camps I've worked in if you kicked the door down to any argument with those statements you'd have been more than your words in short order. The fact you don't even see the crap you're flinging means you're not monkey enough for our tree As for your closing statement, could you be any more conflicting? Oil companies don't need the nitwits? We need them? Research PET's National energy Plan and understand that a left wing leader tried to save Canada from these pipeline and energy price issues and people like yourself that have literally no clue what you're talking about stopped him.
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Ya that attitude is 90% of the problem. If you're to dense to see that iy is not our problem. Quit the divisive nonsense and maybe this gets built faster. But pushing BC to do something it is not sure it wants is a surefire way to end up where we are now
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I'm very in favour of this pipeline. But ya man, you kinda were using natives as a scapegoat. The issue is the Burnaby and lower mainland municipalities at this point. Horgan isn't the issue either, he manouevered himself to be able to both look tough on the line and caring for the environment but also has all but said it's out of my hands the feds said it's going to happen so it's going to happen. He's talking out of both sides of his mouth and like Site C and LNG he's going to allow this to happen with a small amount of push back because he needs both sides to see him as being fair Wanting a solid prevention and spill mitigation plan in place and funded by the company and by the feds is not the worst thing to ask for. But by and large the bands along this route are perfectly ok with this pipeline because ti is the lesser evil and already exists. My only hangup on this is should their in fact be a major spill, the company is essentially off the hook due to existing laws and the majority of the clean up would fall on Canadian taxpayers and that aint cool Want to blame anyone blame the nuts on the sites in Burnaby, the municipalities that have written injunctions and the nimbyists, not the natives, not Horgan or anyone else. Because both Horgan and the bands have accepted it and as such aren't really a factor anymore Edit* The issue with the indians comment is, indians are from india; Natives are the first nations people of this country/continent. there's a huge difference
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Natives dipsh** We're natives not indians. Sit the hell down until you figure out the difference and why we do get a say. Then understand that more and more bands are on board with this and stop using us as your scapegoat. It shines a pretty ugly light on you when you make statements like that
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33 points in 75 games. 13 points in 59 games 31 points in 56 games. All these are players who played in a FAR more offensive era. Yet there are people here who would have wanted them traded asap or been super underwhelmed and willing to just cut them loose. If Virtanen is literally half the player they were we're doing ok. I'm in no rush and I expect him to have a nice cheap contract that will look like a steal before it is over.
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The BC Real Estate Discussion Thread
Warhippy replied to Harvey Spector's topic in Off-Topic General
We'll have a serious warning sign. You'll see "empty homes" being sold en masse due to warnings from agents and developers who are trying to cash in on their investments before we'll see the average owner trying to sell. Happened in the US in 2008 where major banks were doing everything they could to divest themselves of those toxic portfolios before the inevitable happened. They'll always know before the average person -
The BC Real Estate Discussion Thread
Warhippy replied to Harvey Spector's topic in Off-Topic General
Just read this article and have serious questions about how people view their home equity or at least how economists view home wealth http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/van-realestate-april-2018-figures-1.4603948 People hoping for Vancouver's housing bubble to burst could find reasons to be optimistic today. Monthly real estate figures for the Lower Mainland will be released for every municipality, with predictions of significant drops in total sales compared to a year ago. "When we look across most markets in B.C. over the first quarter of this year, sales are down," said Cameron Muir, chief economist at the British Columbia Real Estate Association. New mortgage stress test rules have borrowers flocking to alternative lenders Real estate agent and industry blogger Steve Saretsky says the drop is largely due to new mortgage stress test rules, but the cumulative effect of interest rate hikes and new housing taxesby the government are also playing a role. "Prices can't rise by 30 per cent on an annual basis forever. The greatest price gains are behind us, and you're starting to witness the slowdown," he said. "All those new policies coming into effect, I don't think, are bullish for real estate in the short term." 'Ignored for too long:' B.C. NDP government takes aim at housing costs with tax measures Muir and Saretsky say industry data shows median prices for detached homes in Vancouver and surrounding municipalities are dropping slightly — but that relief won't extend to the condo market, where the benchmark price of an average unit has increased by 31.1 per cent over the last year, to $641,800. "I still expect prices to rise in most product types, and that's largely a result of a lack of supply. We're still sitting at 10-year lows," said Muir. Effect of a slowdown? An extremely robust housing market has greatly contributed to B.C.'s economy in recent years, with the real estate, rental and leasing sectors accounting for 18.4 per cent of the province's GDP in 2016, according to Statistics Canada. "There's no question that a slowing housing market could result in a slower economy. Does that lead to a recession eventually?" asked Saretsky. Hoping to buy a home in B.C.? Sorry, it's not likely to get much cheaper Last week, Muir published an analysis attempting to predict that possibility. The report estimated that a 35 per cent decline in average home prices would result in a recession, with GDP growth falling to negative 0.5 per cent within a year. Unemployment, meanwhile, would rise from 4.9 to 7.5 per cent. "Nearly 70 per cent of British Columbia households own their home. A relatively minor 10 per cent negative shock to home prices would extinguish $90 billion of their wealth, or $70,000 of the average home owner's equity," according to Muir's report. Chinese real estate portal says investment in Vancouver 'flat as a pancake' "While some may see this as a paper loss, it will have a significant impact on the economy, as declining household wealth reins in consumer spending." ================================================================================================================= See here's the confusing part. If people are living in their homes...they're not really losing anything. If they've lived in their homes for a decade, then they've seen the value of their home in some cases almost triple or even quadruple in the last 15 years. So a loss of 70,000 when weighed against a 4 fold increase is really not hard to stomach. A person who purchased a home/condo in the lower mainland for the $330,000 average over a decade ago now seeing their assessed value at over $700,000 per condo and $900,000 per home is not going to worry much about a measly $70,000 The more worrisome part is how the hell the previous government allowed home sales to become almost 20% of the entire GDP of the province and claimed the economy was "healthy" -
The BC Real Estate Discussion Thread
Warhippy replied to Harvey Spector's topic in Off-Topic General
Well I can assure you. It's no the Clark Liberals anymore