Alberta Fact Check: Nationalizing pipelines doesn’t harm the Alberta independence movement

Subhead:The hurdles placed in front of Alberta's energy industry by the federal government only strengthen the province's case for independence.#   Calgary Herald columnist Rob Breakenridge penned a column entitled “Pipeline project brings bad news for separatists, good news for Canada.” Arguably, Mark Carney and Danielle Smith’s pipeline proposal will be good news for Canada. The nationalization of yet another major piece of Western Canadian energy infrastructure is definitely not bad news for those campaigning for Alberta independence. In proving that the only way to get major energy development is to offer massive concessions to federal government demands while ceding ownership of the infrastructure to the state, the rotten...

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