Prime Minister Mark Carney says the government is making a new $1.2 billion investment in ocean conservation as the country inches toward a decision on a new West Coast pipeline.
Speaking in Vancouver today, Carney said the funds will go to several new measures, including an expansion of the Canadian Coast Guard’s capacity to monitor marine traffic and a national marine mammal oil spill response plan.
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Ottawa faces a Thursday deadline to decide whether to designate a proposed pipeline from Alberta to the southern B.C. coast as a project of national interest.
Albertans will also head to the polls in a matter of weeks to vote in a referendum on separating from Canada.
Carney said that as more ships enter the Port of Vancouver, the government must bolster systems for protecting marine life.
Earlier in the day, LNG Canada said it will proceed with a Phase 2 expansion of its facility in Kitimat, B.C., a project that would double its capacity.
Liberal voting Canadians are ,without a doubt, some of the dumbest,easily fooled and manipulated people on the planet.
Carney is a conman. It’s all a dog and pony show with Carney and the Liberal Party and the fools line up to buy tickets and shout “Encore ,Encore ,we want more of nothing “
Why is it that so many Albertans think no-one else in Canada has any rights if they interfere with the desire of largely foreign-owned Alberta oil & gas companies to return huge dividends to their primarily American shareholders?
Why do so many Albertans think that making species extinct and creating floods and forest fires (even in Alberta) is fine as long as largely foreign-owned Alberta oil & gas companies can return huge dividends to their primarily American shareholders?
I’m not saying Alberta has no legitimate grievances–even paranoids have real enemies–but anything the limits the ability of largely foreign-owned Alberta oil & gas companies to return huge dividends to their primarily American shareholders is not just a plot to abuse Alberta.
Up until Stephen Harper was last in power there was a time when accountability was normalized to account for spending to ensure that our countries budget was balanced and that we actively worked towards paying down Debt so that future generations had a fighting chance. After a decade of liberal leadership we are so fucked
That, my fellow Canadians, is playing the two ends against the middle. Make it look like he’s the ocean conservator, while he oks drill baby drill! Money money money all for him! F*CK YOU CARNEY!
A bitumen spill is not an oil spill. You can’t clean up a bitumen spill in the ocean because it sinks to the bottom and is extremely toxic to marine life. An oil spill response plan is not going to work, because of this. Roberts Banks is also not a viable port for bitumen or even regular oil, and has banned it due to the Species At Risk Act since 1979.
He’s actually doing it ..,
Oh, great! And I thought for a minute we’ll actually be able to afford a nice Thanksgiving dinner
Thanks for Nothing, skidMark 🖕🤬
@Ben. Dim witted. Shut up
you mean a scam to bleed more money from canada so his wife can launder it through some ocean initiative that he appointed her the head of?
Well isn’t that interesting. Last week he announced that his wife would be in charge of our oceans and now he is giving her over a billion of our tax dollars to play with. Absolutely no conflict here, nothing to see, move along.
Diane Fox Carney, is in an unpaid volunteer role as an Ocean Envoy. People can try to spin this all they want, but the fact remains Mark Carney is spending this money to protect our oceans, and keep environmentalists and BC at bay in light of past and upcoming announcements.
Where is all this money coming from to hand to his wife to oversee the oceans. Maybe he will go and get another loan from China because it worked when money was needed for Brookfield
Real Canadians know we don’t need carneys wars or pipelines! Stand against the liberal tyrants! Stop the liberal pipeline!!
Where is all this money coming from? Our country is drowning in debt. Our own citizens are struggling beyond belief. But yet radio silence like as if if this is a positive action. STOP SPENDING MONEY WE DONT HAVE!!
Don’t forget Carney put his wife in charge of the oceans.
She isn’t a Cdn.
Perhaps he could have chosen someone who is a Cdn. Surely, someone was available.
Marxist Carney wants to invest billions with in to the ocean?
Guess the communist Liberal money laundering machine is full and using the Ocean to launder money is more environmentally friendly.
pissing more money away Canada is fucked
His wife’s new crown corp will be handed the money. No conflict there.
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Great news and politically astute given the coming announcement.
USA and Immigrants are investing in !!
Beware all who pass here, inanity follows.
Good.
Who’s on the high paying committee
Where’s the money coming from???
Canada is broke
He intends to conserve the most abundant surface on the earth, how? Like, the oceans cover 71% of the planet.
I feel like I am being gaslit into believing this is a thing one can do.
Mr carney sure makes a lot of billion dollar announcements, he may have to go to a three budget system, the better to hide where the money is going and who’s going to profit. In the meantime declaring balanced budgets, all to much fanfare from our government enhanced media.
Canada’s Clown
Carney sucking and blowing at the same time. Total incompetence.
Conflict of interest with his wife doing the job?
So instead of removing the tanker ban, Carney is wasting another 1.2 billion of future tax dollars in promoting his anti-shipping program.
When is he going to back Canadians?