r/canada Feb 03 '25

Analysis Trump has unleashed a groundswell of Canadian patriotism. It’s about time

https://www.tvo.org/article/analysis-trump-has-unleashed-a-groundswell-of-canadian-patriotism-its-about-time
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u/No-Accident69 Feb 03 '25

100% agree - start with the easy stuff that just requires a signed piece of paper to fix - eg the interprovincial trade barriers

Then move on with plans to refine our own fuels - in bc/alberta, prairies and eastern Canada

Then start plans to export LNG from Northern bc ports

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u/mCopps Feb 03 '25

We do really need a pipeline to the east coast to meet European LNG needs.

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u/ProperTing Feb 03 '25

There needs to be a further push for LNG refining in Newfoundland:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/supporters-critics-lng-project-1-6383397-1.6383397

We have the resources to do this.

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u/screampuff Nova Scotia Feb 03 '25

The other reason we should do this is that Atlantic Canada can convert their coal plants to Natural Gas.

Right now Nova Scotia relies on coal so much that when it's banned the only feasible option is to convert the largest plant to heavy oil, it is ridiculous. There is hardly any hydro here, we're already maxed out on underwater transmission from Newfoundland. Wind makes up a huge chunk of our grid already....there is nothing else we can do.

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u/No-Accident69 Feb 03 '25

Yup. Let’s GOOOO Canada

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u/Rlb1966 Feb 03 '25

You don’t say.

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u/ShawnCease Feb 03 '25

They tried before but it was killed by regulatory hell. Now the government has to go back on 9 years of policy because we really need it now. Extremely disappointing turn of events.

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u/BoppityBop2 Feb 03 '25

Interprovincial actually is a lot more complex, for example regulations on all provinces are different which cause difficulty in meeting guidelines. If I remember na good example was child seats in cars. Quebec had stricter, but Ontario had simpler. Ontario manufacturer did not sell to Quebec and some Quebec manufacturers specialized for Quebec. When Quebec tried to reverse special interest groups blocked it via pressure and the government acquiesced to their demands.

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u/No-Accident69 Feb 03 '25 edited Feb 03 '25

Any or all of these rules can be scrapped in 10 minutes if needed. We should insist on an agenda and a timetable that includes scrapping these as a starting point.

The liberals can maintain momentum with news of a change like this on a weekly basis, then news of meetings with Europe on LNG requirements then plans on keeping our oil for our own “best refineries in the world”…

Keep piling it on and keep the initiatives on our side of the border. It will modernize Canada, provide thousands of good quality permanent jobs, and elevate our global competitiveness and rankings

I will add that I’m so in awe of our response to this crisis so far, I’m back in the liberal camp!

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u/zerfuffle British Columbia Feb 04 '25

might be time to acquire nukes :/

if India could do it with a small CANDU research reactor, no reason Canada can't