58 Replies to “Drill Rex, Drill”

  2. So with this great concern for co2 production , do you suppose an environmental study on the amount of carbon produced by the jets Bombardier builds befor they are allowed to build them. Is the government going to give them the Billion they want to build these carbon machines ? Are they going to walk , bicycle or canoe to the next climate change meeting. Pure bullshit !

  3. Whats Coderriere waiting for, a payoff? I guess the Charboneu commission was a complete waste of taxpayer money, simply a convenient pretense rather then actually doing something about organized crimes strangle hold on Quebec politicians and Quebec politics in general. As Judge Gomery stated in the aftermath of the “Liberals” theft and money laundering scheme labeled “adscam”, “the Liberal party nurtures a culture of corruption” or something along those lines. The Liberal culture of corruption just gets wider and deeper conveniently ignored by the Liberal Party media machine. Something stinks with this whole sorry episode and its not just the tons of raw sewage environmental warrior Coderriere poured into the St. Lawrence. Never trust a “Liberal”, or their Media.

  4. The Liberals are going to be worse than our wildest fears.
    They are going to pay lip service to energy and pipelines, send a billion or more to Bombardier and billions more to windmill producers of whom I’m sure well connected liberals are heavily invested in. Our energy rates are going to explode, thousands of more job losses. Then they will fix the elections so we are stuck with these criminals in perpetuity.
    May very well be time to bid our once great country adieu.

  5. So this silly little tit walks into this bar, and he says to this other stupid tit, “Hey Denis,…”

  7. Canadians, you do know you can emigrate, right? Stick it to your Librano f***wit government. Join the brain drain!

  8. Bdsm, to where? America only wants illegal Mexicans or muslims from the middle east. white Canadians need not apply. there are a few countries where one might find adequate freedom and comfort but there are fewer of them every year.

  10. Well said Rex is right.
    Sean M and bobd06, we are only witnessing the beginning.
    What a time to have a failed high school drama teacher as leader of the country and a culture of corruption party in the majority in parliament.

  11. Where was Rex outrage when the 6000 strong Canadian media gild registered with elections canada to campaign against Harper? Not a peep. And in the words of joe Biden that was a big effing deal.
    Now that the libs have a majority he can criticize them all day long.
    Too little too late.

  12. Typical Rex, He can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you look forward to the trip 😉

  13. Those who understand Rex generally agree with, or, at a minimum respect what he has to say. Those who do not understand what Rex says voted for Trudeau and will vote for him again even after he skips our economy over a cliff.

  14. Rex is the “go to guy” when it comes to the criticizing nude emperors.
    He once observed (more or less)
    “Some have tried to convince us there is a least one honest politician in Newfoundland.
    That may be true. If so, it is certainly my misfortune to have not yet met this person.”

  15. You can take it to the bank, Bombardier will get whatever they need.
    3000 jobs in Quebec, one of the old Guard Quebec corporations, it’s guaranteed. Bombardier stock closed at under a Loonie yesterday, would be a good short term investment when you know the bailout is coming and should push the stock price up a couple of bucks.

  17. In a nation where the electorate consists of 2/3 bovine progressives, moral cowardice succeeds politically in the person of the Spawn. The trust fund baby has never had to make a tough decision and thanks to his eco-brain-trust handlers, likely never will.
    How long before Rex gets dumped from the CBC?

  18. The announcement by the Liberals for extended NEB hearings for pipelines is bad enough, but the REAL damage that lurks in the announcement is simply this…..
    If you stand back and look at the overall impact of the announcement yesterday for the federal government to consider the upstream (but not the downstream) “global warming emissions” to determine whether a pipeline project should proceed or not, you will see something that looks like it has been taken from a page of Pierre Trudeau’s playbook.
    This move to include up-stream emissions in the NEB process is nothing but a deliberate collateral attack on provincial jurisdiction in regard to resource development (well at least oil and gas as no doubt other resources in other provinces will remain untouched) and by proxy essentially hands over provincial jurisdiction of our resources to federal approval. The projects themselves have ALREADY been approved by the level of government that has the constitutional authority to do so, which is correctly the provincial and NOT the federal government.
    Pipeline projects are simply that……pipeline projects. They move stuff…much like roads “move stuff”. The federal regulations in regard to those pipelines should be based ONLY on the pipeline itself because THAT is the “project” under federal jurisdiction and by reaching deeper into the chain, the federal government will effectively have taken control of and granted itself the final arbiter of provincial resource development.
    By the “logic” of the federal government, if a new road is to be built, all of the “greenhouse gas emissions” for all of the upstream activity for all of the loads to be transported on that road should be considered before the road is built. It is absolutely absurd and deeply disturbing to see such a deep and forceful intrusion into provincial jurisdiction. But no one is mentioning it. Certainly not the Bolsheviks in Edmonton….in fact, they are fully behind the matter due to their tight connections to Greenpeace and other wacked out ecofascist organizations.
    It seems to me that these new regulations are a breathtaking overreach by the Liberals of constitutional authority and it must be challenged. I believe this seemingly “small” change in regulation is, in fact very large. Perhaps the biggest intrusion into provincial jurisdiction by the feds in a very long time…perhaps EVER.

  20. Perhaps the biggest intrusion into provincial jurisdiction by the feds in a very long time…perhaps EVER.
    Oh come on…the intrusion into health care is much larger. And been going on for years, so long that’s it’s an embedded right to have communist health care.
    Even so, if the provinces didn’t take the federal money, the provinces could privatize tomorrow. Although the feds have tied participating in communist health care to all social transfers of funds.
    Like Trump says, we need better negotiators…

  21. We are talking about resources here. And in that regard, this IS the biggest constitutional intrusion EVER. As for health care, the law surrounding that is nowhere near as clear as the constitutional jurisdiction over resources.

  22. Most of the CO2 emissions are from the burning of the refined products. How the crude oil gets to the refinery either by pipeline or rail isn’t a big factor.
    Pipelines have a significantly smaller operating and maintenance ‘carbon’ footprint’ than shipping by rail. It would not be valid or equitable to compare the carbon footprint of building a new pipeline to the carbon footprint of using and maintaining a rail system already built.
    The same can be said for the comparative environmental impact of a rail corridor vs a pipeline corridor. Ideally, pipelines should be built along existing rail or road transportation corridors to minimize additional environmental impact.

  23. Exactly….And that is why and how the feds have overstepped their constitutional authority by a wide margin. The pipeline project is just that…..a pipeline project. The upstream “emissions” are a result of projects under provincial authority.
    As for pipelines along rail or roadways, there are a great many engineering and safety reasons why they are typically NOT in close proximity. In fact, when pipelines come close to rail or roadways, the crossings are deliberately kept as close to perpendicular as possible.

  24. As for health care, the law surrounding that is nowhere near as clear as the constitutional jurisdiction over resources.
    Perhaps not to you…people are the largest resource, and health care is most certainly a provincial responsibility. Same with education.

  25. jean “Ideally, pipelines should be built along existing rail or road transportation corridors to minimize additional environmental impact.”
    Five years after a pipeline is built, almost all visible signs are gone. In Alberta they push the logs back over the line to prevent ATVs from using it and allow trees to grow. Pipeline leaks are normally quite local and not catastrophic to the environment and are usually invisible after a year or two. The environment eats up oil and the plants and animals quickly recover.

  26. Rex came to the U of C a couple of years ago at the invitation of The School of Public Policy, and gave a great speech on how important the oil sands has been for the whole country. After he finished, they opened it up for questions from the floor. The FIRST question was how does he still work at the CBC. Just the question nearly brought the house down. His answer took us all a bit by surprise. He quite seriously answered that the CBC gives him complete freedom, and not once was this an issue. Still, seems a round peg in a square hole.

  27. kinda like going back where it came from. it’s not like oil sends up huge plumes of deadly toxic gas. In mammoth amounts like the Gulf spill, yes it is a problem despite what naysayers here said at the time, but a leak in a land based pipeline that is accessible without inordinate delay, not a severe deadly problem. I’m sure the oil spill folks manage to put even the spilled stuff to some use in asphalt or whatever. maybe to satisfy the coderre crew we should tear up all the paved roads in Queerbec because of the ‘hazard’.

  28. Meanwhile, back at the ranch.
    Covanta EFW facility begins commercial operation in Ontario

    Covanta, a sustainable waste and energy solutions provider based in Morristown, New Jersey, has commenced commercial operation of the Durham York Energy Centre (DYEC). Commissioned by the Regional Municipalities of Durham and York, Ontario in 2011, the company says the 140,000 metric-ton-per-year energy-from-waste (EfW) facility is the newest and most modern facility of its kind in North America, utilizing some of the latest combustion and air pollution control technology available. Covanta’s operating and maintenance contract with the Regions of Durham and York covers an initial term of 20 years.

    And not one word about ‘carbon’.
    140,000 metric tons of garbage per year burned for 20 years.
    How long was the environmental impact assessment on this, and did they study the ‘upstream’ side?
    How much will the electricity generated here cost?

  29. A great irony is that the Liberals have indicated that their new assessment criteria for pipe lines would be governed by “science”. What a joke. There is no “science” in the hysteria over CO2 emissions and global warming. It would be refreshing if the media actually took time to look at the science, rather than pushing the political agenda.

  30. The liberals are back in power.
    Can we just cut to the chase and pay the blackmail and bribes to Quebec and get it over with?
    We all know that is what will happen, we all know it has nothing to do with oil spills or the environment since oil trains are more hazardous, and Montreal dumps raw sewage into the river, and has an oil tanker terminal.
    So why fool around?
    Corruption is back.
    Do we need a ‘pay the quebec pipeline blackmail’ hashtag?

  31. Yes, of course CBC will keep Rex Murphy employed, he is the Opposition that they can claim shows how unbiased they are.
    And, he’s on TV about 3-4 minutes a week, while the progressive propagandists take up the other 23 hours and 56 minutes.

  32. Good point and it reinforces the moral cowardice behind not screwing with the herds of bovine progressive electors. Screw with their cars and planes and the herd might get upset. Alberta has always been fair game when it comes to LPC politics and even better when they have a progressive bovine provincial government.

  34. joey and scar … good points.
    Pipelines remain as the best choice for moving our oil to coastal ports.
    I’ve heard that Quebec doesn’t have to count it’s hydro revenue against equalization payments. Is this true?

  35. The provinces have all kinds of power, but they don’t use it to defend themselves. Well, other than Quebec…notwithstanding would go a long way…
    Ralph was the only one to even make the threat…and there are all sorts of inter-provincial deals which could be re-negotiated. If we didn’t have idiots as negotiators…

  36. I did this a couple years ago, I’m making more money in USD, keeping more, have way better healthcare and my house with a pool was under 200k.

  37. The best part is Murphy quoting Trudeau as saying in Europe that Canada would become known more for what was between our ears than under our feet. Murphy’s riposte: “Whose ears?” He’s right — having our national reputation based on what is between the ears of drama teachers may not quite be what we want.

  39. EXTREME SARCASM ALERT!!
    All I can say is now’s a good time to discuss important issues, rather than, for example, the last election campaign. That’s the new pop/fad view of politics, the millennial way. Remember last time a similar age group held (enough) sway? Altogether now, $100b deficits, 15% mortgages. Mine in 1988 was 11.25%. Fine only $60b deficits and 9% mortgages. No big deal right, along with the deferred taxes they voted themselves, what could go wrong as millennials head into their top earning years and their parents suck the system dry with medical and pension costs?
    But c’mon. It’s so cool, now when a key cost of production/service rises, the stock market goes up. Yeah. No wait, low energy prices are bad ’cause it’s bad for government revenues, and since we’re all a part of government, and remember, we didn’t built that, low energy prices are baaad. Ain’t it groovy, it’s everyone’s fave; well, except for the 60% that voted against it. Plus, AB will just laugh off these latest insults when oil prices rise again, when demand rises, in about 2-3 years, like when Pierre tried the NEP, everything was OK afterwards, no simmering resentment.
    Actually a properly ie privately done NEP, with apparatchiks kept at bay, would be a wonderful idea for uniting Canadians right now, and securing a world proof market for ourselves and export of surpluses. The explanation of why that’s bad for the economy awaits; don’t worry they’ll think of something.
    WRT AB, when their provincial economy is the current underperformer, maybe taxpayers there should object to paying “equalization,” $8b last year going to Quebec btw Mr Coderre. So yes that does rankle some. As for the mayor, I’m not falling for the Montreal Island Grit two step. Anyway not his call, and too bad about that giant sewage sludge dump eh? He’s just another oinker lining up at the tax trough for his tribute. As usual the line forms from the left.
    As mentioned, with the election safely over CTV & Don Martin weigh in on the issue: “Albertans want a hand up, not a handout, to cope with hard times:”
    “Albertans don’t protest this largesse to others or their equalization contribution to Confederation. But their anger goes visceral when they see the rest of Canada trying to obstruct their ability to survive and thrive. Which brings us to Energy East, the pipeline unleashing so much western angst. With delays in this pipeline’s approval process announced yesterday following last week’s huffing and puffing opposition from Montreal mayor Denis Coderre, Albertans are understandably furious and frustrated.”
    Their oilsands motherlode isn’t the nest egg they thought it was and overseas markets for it are being choked off. What Albertans want and deserve is a fast and reasonable process for securing safe pipeline approval, minus bureaucratic foot-dragging and fresh roadblocks.”
    If that happens, oil will giveth to Albertans again. After all, when it comes to their resources, Albertans are without equal in resourcefulness.”
    http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/don-martin-blog/albertans-want-a-hand-up-not-a-handout-to-cope-with-hard-times-1.2756427

  40. Actually a properly ie privately done NEP, with apparatchiks kept at bay, would be a wonderful idea for uniting Canadians right now, and securing a world proof market for ourselves and export of surpluses.
    Hopefully that wasn’t sarcasm, because it’s just that sort of thinking that would get a pipeline built. Many of them…export heaven.

  41. Coderre and the other mayors in Quebec just want to be paid off and see an opportunity to get something for doing nothing. So they are exercising a mediaeval right of scavage (a duty exacted in 14th, 15th, and 16th century England of nonresident merchants by mayors, sheriffs, or corporations on goods shown for sale in their territory), duties or tolls (for goods in transit through their territory).
    Our constitution was supposed to preclude all that — something about free trade and mobility rights among provinces — but that is apparently lost on Eastern politicians. So perhaps a move by a Western Canadian premier to block (or, more modestly, “stop for inspection”) traffic of Eastern Canadian goods unless some equivalent toll is paid might make the point.

  42. So perhaps a move by a Western Canadian premier to block (or, more modestly, “stop for inspection”) traffic of Eastern Canadian goods unless some equivalent toll is paid might make the point.
    We’d need a ‘Trump’ to do that…I don’t see any. They’re all cut from the same political cloth.

  43. Never read all here…perhaps discussed. Please correct me if I am wrong (I pray I am indeed wrong)
    If I understand the new proposed review process correctly, McKenna wants to evaluate the potential carbon emissions of the oil that goes to market in the pipelines….even if the oil is going offshore. She wants to say, “If we build this pipeline and it carries X million cubes of oil then that oil will release XX tonnes of CO2 somewhere. And I will not accept that.” Isn’t that what the eco-bag is saying? Grrrrrrrrrrr.
    So then when one of Warren Buffet’s oil rail cars crosses the line it should be assessed. Right?
    This whole fuc*ing carbon dioxide and anti-oil thing is simply wrong.
    We are in for a rough ride as Shannon Phillips and Catherine McKenna have their way with us. They do not understand how our lives rely on fossil fuels. No bloody clues. That their Goretex coats and everything in their lives relies on fossil fuels is utterly lost on eco-fascists like Phillips and McKenna. They just do not get it.
    We live in grave times…or very soon will be. I am old and it will matter little to my wife and I. But we have two sons in the oil patch and three grandkids growing up. I feel for them all.
    Let’s start a huge protest in Edmonton and Ottawa.
    CAS

  44. No that part was not sarcasm, just the rest of it above, with appropriate irony and disgust mixed in.

  45. Although, had oil companies been thinking ahead a bit, they would have already built up the good will, rather than pinching every penny out of the customer they could with the excuse of ‘world price’.
    I guess what goes around, comes around…politicians aren’t the only entitled thinkers.

  46. No….NOT just to me. The Canada Health Act does allow for blending of provincial and federal jurisdiction. The resource matter is much clearer. Try to stick to the topic.

  47. Regarding the question of how Rex can keep his job at the CBC, it is fear. Fear by the CBC Execs as to what damage Rex could do to the CBC if he was on the outside looking in.

  48. I am in front the protest. Like many I am sick if the garbage and manipulation around a theory (global warming) that has been totally debunked. Liberals are playing games with this and the economy is suffering. It us very easy to find overwhelming evidence that CO2 from human activity has nothing to do either the climate. I don’t believe they will give up on this stupidity until there are massive protests.

  49. The Canada Health Act does allow for blending of provincial and federal jurisdiction.
    It’s totally clear, if the provinces don’t take the federal funds, they may do as they wish. The Canada health act doesn’t apply. There is no ‘blending’ of jurisdiction.
    If you want to pretend jurisdictions are ‘blended’, resources are also…through environmental regulation. You argue one, you have the other…that’s how the provinces gave away their power to begin with.

  50. I live in the Bahamas but it is not the most welcoming country. The countries in Central America are. Panama will give you citizenship and free health care if you have a monthly income of 2,000 dollars. They didn’t say which currency. Well past time to sell your properties in Canada and flee. The last time I posted something like this I was told by another commenter that I should not be taking my pension and spending it outside the country. I agree but would he/she agree that our Canadian government should not make it impossible for us to live/do business there.

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