Good for Alberta Liberal leader Raj Sherman for calling out Bob Rae on the Northern Gateway pipeline.
EDMONTON — Alberta Liberal leader Raj Sherman is slamming federal counterpart Bob Rae for failing to give full support to the Northern Gateway pipeline project.Thank you Raj! At least one Liberal with some common sense. It just goes to show that Bob Rae knows nothing about the west and what goes on here.
Rae said Monday that the current National Energy Board hearings may be an insufficient tool to properly consult aboriginal groups on the project. He called on the federal government to take the process more seriously, warning a failure to improve consultation could open the door to legal action from First Nations.
Other media reported that Rae also remains opposed to more tanker traffic on the B.C.'s north coast, where the pipeline would bring Alberta bitumen for transport to Asian markets.
"I respect Mr. Rae, he's a national leader, but I would disagree with him. Our positions are very different here," Sherman said Tuesday. "I've said all along we need to diversify our markets and we need to get our products to the west coast."
Bob Rae is showing his NDP leaning and would be a disaster as Prime Minister of Canada
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First of all Raj, Bob Rae is not the national leader, he is the very person who as ndp provincial leader bankrupt Ontario. Bob Rae is a smooth talker and knows how to get what he wants."
ReplyDeleteSecond, Thank you Raj for speaking out for our albertan oilsands.
Must be his conservative side coming out. I don't think the ndpq or libs can count on much support in the next election (federal) with their opposition to this project. I would like to see the govt stop all equalization payments from AB that have oil revenue included. Then let the liberal cry over greedy Alberta.
ReplyDeleteI would like to see the govt stop all equalization payments from AB that have oil revenue included. Then let the liberal cry over greedy Alberta.
ReplyDeleteI would too. They're ungrateful anyway. Remember what Ralph Klein said once about easterners?,"Let the **** bastards freeze in the dark" or something to that affect.
Liberals have always used Alberta as a whipping post,
ReplyDeletewhy would it be any different with Bob Rae as leader.....
Dion, Iffy and now Bob want the oilsands tied up in greentape to stop expansion.
If we don't get rid of Redford, any future coalition of losers fed govt will have a willing partner in Her.
hehe. You blanked out eastern like its a dirty word.
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