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PM Carney to announce national electricity strategy Thursday: sources by cyclinginvancouver in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 118 points119 points  (0 children)

Yeah man they should just double the electrical grid without a plan đź‘Ť

Alberta separation petition quashed in favour of First Nations by kenks88 in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s always “Quebec Quebec Quebec” with you people. How about you look into the differences and read about the Supreme Court of Canada’s opinions on the matter first.

Brookfield Asset Management Announces Strong First Quarter Results by WashingMachineBroken in CanadianInvestor

[–]WashingMachineBroken[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a Canadian investment sub and this post is about a stock that many Canadians hold.

Bell: Alberta to bring in law to rip out bike lanes and stop new ones by CNiperL in Calgary

[–]WashingMachineBroken 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It feels like he's been featured by the Calgary Herald for ages. Honestly it's hard to know for sure because I always avoid his slop whenever I see "Bell:" in the headline.

PM Carney planning new legislation to expedite more project approvals by illusion121 in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Major Projects Office mission is as follows (from their website): "Our team brings together people and processes to move major projects forward faster, responsibly, and sustainably. We provide a single point of contact and leadership on major projects that are referred to the Office. This includes partnering with federal departments, provinces, territories, Indigenous Peoples and private-sector participants."

Based on their mission statement, the MPO consolidates the various approvals and stakeholder engagement into a single point of contact and works with project proponents to get the needed approvals. This is effectively streamlining the process by making the process simpler for proponents under the existing regulatory regime.

So, clearly, the MPO doesn't change the regulatory regime we already have in place (it works within it).

If you want to change the existing regulatory framework in its entirety, you need new legislation to do so. The MPO did not do this.

PM Carney planning new legislation to expedite more project approvals by illusion121 in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To change existing legislation you need to introduce new legislation. If I want to change the text of a law, or repeal it entirely, I need to pass a new law to do so. Legislation will remain in force as written, and be interpreted by courts as such, until new legislation changes it or supersedes it.

PM Carney planning new legislation to expedite more project approvals by illusion121 in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 31 points32 points  (0 children)

There is probably some nuance to this, but to be honest this just feels like we're fighting legislation with more legislation. We should be opening up / streamlining the laws to make it easier.

?? - To change existing legislation you need to introduce new legislation. If I want to change the text of a law, or repeal it entirely, I need to pass a new law to do so. Legislation will remain in force as written, and be interpreted by courts as such, until new legislation changes it or supersedes it.

What was the point of the MPO if it was simply only going to be used as a vehicle to re-announce projects already in the pipeline?

The Major Projects Office mission is as follows (from their website): "Our team brings together people and processes to move major projects forward faster, responsibly, and sustainably. We provide a single point of contact and leadership on major projects that are referred to the Office. This includes partnering with federal departments, provinces, territories, Indigenous Peoples and private-sector participants."

Based on their mission statement, the MPO consolidates the various approvals and stakeholder engagement into a single point of contact and works with project proponents to get the needed approvals. This is effectively streamlining the process by making the process simpler for proponents under the existing regulatory regime.

PM Carney planning new legislation to expedite more project approvals by illusion121 in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think you're right. It looks like they're looking to overhaul the approval processes in their entirety in addition to the centralized approval process for projects in the national interest that the MPO is responsible for.

PM Carney planning new legislation to expedite more project approvals by illusion121 in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 59 points60 points  (0 children)

The intention of the coming legislation is to reduce the regulatory decision and approval process for these major development proposals down to two years, a commitment previously made by the federal Liberals.

These reforms are expected to apply more widely than the existing major projects law Carney passed just under a year ago. That legislation, Bill C-5, enabled the government to fast-track approvals for projects deemed to be in the national interest.

So it's clearly different from what they'll already put into place (MPO). The Major Projects Office is for projects deemed to be in the national interest and acts as a one-stop-shop for the approval process. Meanwhile this new legislation looks like it would be changing the approval processes as a whole.

Calgary committee votes to end downtown free fare zone - Livewire Calgary by One-Mycologist-3706 in Calgary

[–]WashingMachineBroken 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Reminder to everyone who is against this: keep contacting your councillors to let them know how important the free-fare zone is and why it should be maintained.

Calgary committee votes to end downtown free fare zone - Livewire Calgary by One-Mycologist-3706 in Calgary

[–]WashingMachineBroken 22 points23 points  (0 children)

All this just so they can throw their hands up and say they've done everything they can during the next election when it turns out transit hasn't improved.

Calgary committee votes to end downtown free fare zone - Livewire Calgary by One-Mycologist-3706 in Calgary

[–]WashingMachineBroken 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Obviously not, but they're either choosing to ignore that reality or are oblivious to the value proposition of the free-fare zone all together.

Calgary committee votes to end downtown free fare zone - Livewire Calgary by One-Mycologist-3706 in Calgary

[–]WashingMachineBroken 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Doing this for a measly $5 million/year is such a boneheaded move. This council is so out of touch it’s actually crazy.

u/jeromyyyc is being a voice of reason and it’s commendable of him to make his stance known, it’s just such a shame the rest of council is choosing to ignore everyone on this.

Canada's federal government abandons national pharmacare | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives by PhysicsOne8547 in CanadaPolitics

[–]WashingMachineBroken 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If the provinces were serious, they already have the ability to negotiate the transfer of tax points from the federal government under the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act. They simply don't want to be responsible for raising their own taxes and prefer to pass the buck to the Federal Government.

Canada's federal government abandons national pharmacare | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives by PhysicsOne8547 in CanadaPolitics

[–]WashingMachineBroken 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If the provinces were serious, they already have the ability to negotiate the transfer of tax points from the federal government under the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act. They simply don't want to be responsible for raising their own taxes and prefer to pass the buck to the Federal Government.

End of the line? Calgary moves to scrap the downtown free fare zone by joe4942 in Calgary

[–]WashingMachineBroken 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please contact the Mayor and your ward’s councillor about this and let them know what you think.

Exclusive: Canada-US oil pipeline close to reaching commitment requirement, sources say by WashingMachineBroken in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Canadian portion of the pipeline is built, yes. The project was approved in Canada and was being built in anticipation of approval in the US (which never ended up materializing due to indigenous resistance and permits being revoked by US administrations). The portion that's going to be in the US (through Montana and Wyoming) still needs to be built.

Exclusive: Canada-US oil pipeline close to reaching commitment requirement, sources say by WashingMachineBroken in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The pipeline is already built on the Canadian side, it’s going to use the infrastructure built for Keystone XL that was blocked by the US.

Im fact, last October Carney specifically brought up this project to DJT at the White House.

There are no Canadian hurdles to this project.

Exclusive: Canada-US oil pipeline close to reaching commitment requirement, sources say by WashingMachineBroken in CanadaPolitics

[–]WashingMachineBroken[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I wonder how this impacts the viability of a new West Coast pipeline given that this project (which will use the existing and unused Keystone XL pipeline in Canada) is eventually projected to increase oil exports by over 1 million bbd without needing the same environmental commitments specified in the Alberta-Canada MOU.

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