Drill Rex, Drill

58 Replies to “Drill Rex, Drill”

1. Hats off to Mr. Murphy!

2. Alberta should be looking at the possibility/probability of getting out of Confederation. Why would they continue to allow people like Turdeau and his lieberal Laurentian elitists to treat them like servants of Quebec and eastern Canada.

3. “Alberta should be looking at the possibility/probability of getting out of Confederation.”
   I don’t think that the intrepid Rachel Notley would want any part of this. Besides …. if Alberta was to secede, would you really want the current premier in charge?
   Perhaps Alberta could join Saskatchewan in a joint secession with Brad Wall as leader. I’m sure they could find a suitable position for Notley. A member of the janitorial staff of the legislature comes to mind. If she insists on a managerial role, she could oversee the operation of seaports in the two former provinces with strict limits on the size of the bureaucracy she could create.

4. Not the same thing at all. Not even close. Development of resources is crystal clear in the Constitution. The Canada Health Act was designed with delivery being the responsibility of the provinces but the feds set the standards. The Act was DESIGNED that way. Section 92(A)1 clearly lays out that
   “In each province, the legislature may EXCLUSIVELY make laws in relation to:
   1. exploration for non-renewable natural resources in the province;
   2. development, conservation and management of non-renewable natural resources and forestry resources in the province, including laws in relation to the rate of primary production therefrom”

5. The Canada Health Act was designed with delivery being the responsibility of the provinces but the feds set the standards.
   Have you ever read anything about it? The Federal gov’t has no power over health care other than financial coercion. The provinces have exactly the same jurisdiction over health as they do resources. But they’ve already set the stage for a federal takeover of resources using the same process. They tried with the NEP, and they’ll try again…
   http://www.parl.gc.ca/content/lop/researchpublications/944-e.htm#ajustificationtxt
   The only explicit references in the Constitution to health care issues give the federal government jurisdiction in matters relating to navy hospitals and quarantine.
   Consequently, the federal government has intervened in an area under provincial jurisdiction, but without changing the division of powers stipulated in the Constitution. Although the federal government is not responsible for health care administration, organization or delivery, it can exert considerable influence on provincial health care policies by using the political and financial leverage afforded by the spending power. In fact, by setting the requirements for providing federal funding, the Canada Health Act has to a large extent shaped provincial health care insurance plans throughout the country.

6. Eve, I used to spend time in the Bahamas years ago and enjoyed it. I found it expensive. I have an acquaintance who lives in Panama and he enjoys it. I also have a friend who lives in a small village in Nicaragua, I would not want to live there. As far as spending our pensions outside the country well, who cares, it is our money.

7. In the prairies, pipeline corridors may be virtually invisible in a few years, but that’s not the case when they go through forests – in the boreal forest, the EE is on an existing pipeline corridor, constructed decades ago and still very visible. As long as it exists, it will be visible there. I’m for pipelines, but let’s be truthful here.

8. Rex is the CBC’s answer when criticized for not allowing diverse opinions. While I always enjoy his comments I refuse to watch CBC for the sake of hearing them. Back when SUN was on I always thought Rex would have been a fine fit and would have added a level of intellectual sophistication that might have given the channel more credibility.