Licia corbella biography of albertas oil industry
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Corbella: Notley’s ’beating down’ of the oil patch should cost her the election
Calgary Herald | 6 April 2019
Corbella: Notley’s ’beating down’ of the oil patch should cost her the election
by Licia Corbella
Earlier this year, Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer released a report that should have informed Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just how costly it is to delay large projects.
The Jan. 31 report states that a one-year delay in completing the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP) — which the federal government purchased for $4.4 billion in August 2018, along with the existing Trans Mountain Pipeline — “would reduce the value of the TMEP by $693 million.”
You’d think, therefore, that the feds and the province would giddy up when it comes to reducing red tape for every large infrastructure project from proceeding. But that’s not the case.
The president and CEO of Prosp
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Corbella: Gap between 'us and them' is bigger than oil differential
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The contrast between us and them is as gaping as Alberta’s oil price differential.
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That reality was top of mind for many of the almost 400 pro-energy protesters who gathered outside the Telus Convention Centre on Tuesday, chanting “build that pipe now!” with the hope that visiting Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau would hear them. If he did, he was tone deaf to their desperation.
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On Monday, General Motors announced it would be closing its Oshawa, Ont., plant in about a year, laying off 2,900 autoworkers. The federal government and the PM are acting like it’s Armageddon, while there is virtual silence on the national stage about the fact Alberta can’t move its oil and 120,000 oil and gas workers have l
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Licia Corbella: Rachel Notley can't run on her record as premier because it's a disaster
Every economic indicator went down except . . . the debt
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Ever wonder why Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley rarely mentions her record as Premier of Alberta during this provincial election campaign, or ever, for that matter? It’s her biggest political achievement and she never talks about it — not even on the hustings. Strange, isn’t it? Well, it’s not humility that keeps her tongue-tied about her record as Alberta’s top politician.
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