I think it’s been well-understood from the outset that the project would only be a tool for Albertan oil companies to sell bitumen internationally and not be a tool to help alberta, the environment, canada … or, really, anyone other than oil company CEOs. Getting the Conservatives to pressure Justin into buying this ridiculous climate disaster waiting to happen regularly was a massive coup; and maybe it’ll mean bigger campaign donations for Conservatives, but maybe not. The nature of fairweather friends is they tend to attract their own fairweather friends.
I think it’s been well-understood from the outset that the project would only be a tool for Albertan oil companies to sell bitumen internationally and not be a tool to help alberta, the environment, canada … or, really, anyone other than oil company CEOs. Getting the Conservatives to pressure Justin into buying this ridiculous climate disaster waiting to happen regularly was a massive coup; and maybe it’ll mean bigger campaign donations for Conservatives, but maybe not. The nature of fairweather friends is they tend to attract their own fairweather friends.