ANGUS: The MAGA Pipeline to Breakup Canada
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 11:41 amANGUS: The MAGA Pipeline to Breakup Canada
Charlie Angus - The Resistance - October 06, 2025
EXCERPT: "Smith isn’t trying to get a pipeline built - she wants to force a debate over the oil tanker ban on the British Columbia coast.
This is all about stoking a war with British Columbia, environmental groups and Prime Minister Mark Carney. As her separation referendum stalls out, she needs to pick a fight with Canada to rile her base.
Will it work? Well, Canada’s media are already diving in. There is nothing Canada’s media loves more than a west versus Ottawa donnybrook and whether Ottawa is being mean to our oil giants.
But let’s talk about the real reason Danielle Smith can’t find a company willing to do the job.
When Kinder Morgan began the TMX pipeline, it quickly became apparent that the cost to build would be more than they could ever recoup. They walked when the project hit $5.4 billion.
The Trudeau government stepped in with a seemingly endless pot of public money.
The eventual cost to taxpayers was $34 billion. That meant that every household in Canada paid somewhere between $580 and $1,200 to help Suncor transport its bitumen to the United States.
Time and time again, Canadians have been promised that we would get our money back. The government swore that once the pipeline was built, it would be sold to a private company. No company has stepped forward.
The reason is that, despite the massive money dump, there is still no business case for the pipeline. That’s not to say that the oil companies aren’t making out like bandits thanks to the pipeline. They are making money hand over fist, but only because the public is paying the cost to ship every barrel down the pipe. . . . ."
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Charlie Angus - The Resistance - October 06, 2025
EXCERPT: "Smith isn’t trying to get a pipeline built - she wants to force a debate over the oil tanker ban on the British Columbia coast.
This is all about stoking a war with British Columbia, environmental groups and Prime Minister Mark Carney. As her separation referendum stalls out, she needs to pick a fight with Canada to rile her base.
Will it work? Well, Canada’s media are already diving in. There is nothing Canada’s media loves more than a west versus Ottawa donnybrook and whether Ottawa is being mean to our oil giants.
But let’s talk about the real reason Danielle Smith can’t find a company willing to do the job.
When Kinder Morgan began the TMX pipeline, it quickly became apparent that the cost to build would be more than they could ever recoup. They walked when the project hit $5.4 billion.
The Trudeau government stepped in with a seemingly endless pot of public money.
The eventual cost to taxpayers was $34 billion. That meant that every household in Canada paid somewhere between $580 and $1,200 to help Suncor transport its bitumen to the United States.
Time and time again, Canadians have been promised that we would get our money back. The government swore that once the pipeline was built, it would be sold to a private company. No company has stepped forward.
The reason is that, despite the massive money dump, there is still no business case for the pipeline. That’s not to say that the oil companies aren’t making out like bandits thanks to the pipeline. They are making money hand over fist, but only because the public is paying the cost to ship every barrel down the pipe. . . . ."
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