Shut down L5..Good for Canada in the Long Run

[MikePal]

Good argument..

A part of me wants Enbridge’sLine 5 pipeline to shut down, if only for a few months, not because I wish our country ill, but because I want what’s best for it.

What’s best for Canada is energy self-sufficiency and security, and that’s simply impossible without pipelines. Shutting down this vital energy lifeline, even temporarily, would provide a collective slap to the lives and livelihoods of Ontarians and Quebecers — along with their pandering politicians — that would help jolt them out of their anti-pipeline dreamland and into reality.
For the most part, Canadians are energy illiterate. There are people in Canada — many thousands, in fact — who believe Canadians can survive and thrive in our vast and mostly cold country without petroleum products. Those people are living in a fantasy land and only such a jolt would forcibly drag them into the real world.

Ontarians and Quebecers, who would be most affected by the shutdown of Enbridge’s Line 5, would feel the effects of the shutdown almost immediately. That’s what happens when you turn off the tap to 540,000 barrels per day of crude oil and natural gas liquids from Alberta to the Great Lakes area that finds its way to refineries in Sarnia, Ont.

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/co...st-for-a-while

[impact]

Chaos and hyper inflation?
What about fuel for emergency vehicles? Backup generators for hospitals?
Catastrophic consequences that will immediately be felt and will only benefit the leftist agenda.
Great way to restrict travel and movement.

State of emergency with troops on the streets?

From their playbook:

- Projected supply chain break downs, inventory shortages, large economic instability. Expected late Q2 2021.
- Deployment of military personnel into major metropolitan areas as well as all major roadways to establish travel checkpoints. Restrict travel and movement. Provide logistical support to the area. Expected by Q3 2021.
Along with that provided road map the Strategic Planning committee was asked to design an effective way of transitioning Canadians to meet a unprecedented economic endeavor. One that would change the face of Canada and forever alter the lives of Canadians. What we were told was that in order to offset what was essentially an economic collapse on a international scale, that the federal government was going to offer Canadians a total debt relief. This is how it works: the federal government will offer to eliminate all personal debts (mortgages, loans, credit cards, etc) which all funding will be provided
to Canada by the IMF under what will become known as the World Debt Reset program. In exchange for acceptance of this total debt forgiveness the individual would forfeit ownership of any and all property and assets forever. The individual would also have to agree to partake in the COVID-19 and COVID-21 vaccination schedule, which would provide the individual with unrestricted travel and unrestricted living even under a full lock down (through the use of photo identification referred to as Canada's HealthPass)

[cramadog2]

We'd have more fuel from the Esso refinery in Nanticoke if hundreds of tanker trucks a week didn't take it back to NY state. As I stand at the Dunnville Farmer's market on Tuesday and Saturday mornings, I see many crossing the Dunnville bridge over the Grand River.

[JBen]

“Yep”
I’ve felt those sentiments for a long time.

If we think about human nature, people usually only “care” when whatever is occurring is happening to them, or friends/family. When it’s close to home.

Covid, and/or the economic prices being paid are a perfect example. Ditto losses in manufacturing, etc.

Specifically Related. Quebec hasn’t cared much, but they did care last winter when rail blockades suddenly choked off Nat gas supplies.

Should line 5 be shut down, the implications are scary. There’s the obvious fuel price, but the far reaching downstream inflationary pressures. On top of, other inflationary pressures, an economy on life support, and of which we already ticking 4 of 5 boxes ( causes of inflation). Could I think potentially force the BoCs hand, to hike rates.

Boom

And while the pain, could be substantial, it might be the harsh slap Que and parts of Ontario sorely need.

[73hunter]

The threat of it shutting down SHOULD be enough to wake a few people up in the GTA and Quebec, but we know better. Energy East was a great idea, and its time that Quebec had it rammed down their throat whether they like it or not.
No pipeline = no transfer payments.