John Bolton - May 23, 2025


Canadian unity CRUMBLES like support for an ALBERTA pipeline


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The idea that people want to build pipelines and politicians want to get them built across the country is crumbling. I see pipelines as a symbol of how disunited this country is, and I don't think that's because of ideology, I think it's because pipelines are falling apart.

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00:00:00.140 Hi, it's John and welcome to the channel. 609 a.m. It is the 23rd of May with the big blue mug of coffee.
00:00:05.660 I hope you're having an awesome day today.
00:00:08.480 And today I want to talk about Canadian unity.
00:00:12.720 Now, I'm not talking about Alberta separatism today.
00:00:15.560 I think I've gone to that well a little too often over the last week.
00:00:19.260 But there was so much talk, and there's been talk from the Liberal Party and Mark Carney
00:00:24.380 about bringing Canadians together and working together to build energy corridors,
00:00:28.700 break down barriers between the provinces when it comes to trade,
00:00:33.600 making Canada an energy superpower, an economic superpower, unifying the country.
00:00:39.780 And I don't see that happening.
00:00:41.400 And I don't think this is because of ideology, conservative against liberal or the other way around.
00:00:47.120 I think it's because of pipelines.
00:00:50.700 I see pipelines as sort of a symbol of how disunited this country is.
00:01:00.200 You know, I did a video back in December saying that Donald Trump was Canada's greatest economic ally.
00:01:06.700 And at that point, you might have thought it was nuts.
00:01:08.260 He was talking about tariffs.
00:01:09.560 This became a big issue.
00:01:10.700 But all of a sudden, because of Donald Trump, everybody, all politicians,
00:01:15.540 people across the country started talking about getting resources out of our ground,
00:01:20.200 getting it to tidewater, building pipelines.
00:01:22.760 And isn't it interesting how that has changed?
00:01:24.980 Now, why I'm saying this is because I watched the Western premiers.
00:01:30.100 They had a get-together over the last few days.
00:01:32.500 And they sat down yesterday.
00:01:34.900 I watched 48 minutes of a news conference that they had.
00:01:38.620 And I listened particularly to what David Eby, Scott Moe, and Danielle Smith had to say.
00:01:45.380 Now, what was Danielle Smith saying not too long ago, within the last couple of months,
00:01:49.480 about Canada's willingness to build pipelines across the country?
00:01:54.900 This is what she had to say.
00:01:56.560 Canadians and politicians from across the country are calling for new pipelines to be built,
00:02:01.000 East, West, and North, to secure our future and end our reliance upon our Southern trading partner.
00:02:07.020 Are Canadians and politicians across the country calling for pipelines to be built,
00:02:11.780 like Premier Danielle Smith said?
00:02:13.300 Well, back on April 22nd, when I downloaded that video,
00:02:17.020 probably within 48 hours of her saying those words, that might have been the case.
00:02:20.760 But we're now almost a month on from the election,
00:02:23.580 and all of a sudden, things are starting to change.
00:02:27.480 Nobody's committing to anything.
00:02:29.100 Here's the article from the National Post.
00:02:31.000 This is just yesterday, regarding the Western premiers getting together.
00:02:36.300 B.C. Premier not backing Alberta's proposal to revive Northern Gateway.
00:02:41.360 Contradiction here in the sub-headline,
00:02:43.300 but British Columbia Premier David Eby isn't saying no to Alberta counterpart,
00:02:47.780 Daniel Smith's pitch, to revive the stalled Northern Gateway.
00:02:50.660 He's not going one way or the other.
00:02:52.860 He's not committing to this at all.
00:02:54.140 What did he actually have to say when he was asked about this,
00:02:58.020 and the tanker ban on the West Coast?
00:03:00.300 In a similar vein, would you support a reversal of the federal moratorium on oil tanker traffic
00:03:06.100 along British Columbia's Northern Coast?
00:03:08.980 Well, in British Columbia, we have a pipeline that's publicly owned,
00:03:12.040 that was put through over the objections of British Columbia,
00:03:14.420 the Trans Mountain Pipeline,
00:03:16.080 and it is not operating at capacity.
00:03:20.380 If the urgency is to get product to Tidewater,
00:03:24.760 then I would start there with the conversations with the federal government
00:03:30.220 about ensuring that this publicly owned infrastructure is used to its full capacity.
00:03:34.600 And that seems like a great place to start,
00:03:37.960 rather than opening up the pristine North Coast to tanker traffic.
00:03:41.700 These are my personal feelings as the Premier of British Columbia.
00:03:44.200 I know that Premier Smith has a different perspective about that, and that's okay.
00:03:48.180 David Eby is not committing to a pipeline.
00:03:51.140 He's not committing to a tanker ban.
00:03:53.240 Doesn't sound like he wants that at all.
00:03:54.860 He's committed to decarbonizing BC.
00:03:58.060 So, your unity and the idea that people want to build and politicians want to build pipelines
00:04:04.600 is kind of crumbling right now.
00:04:07.640 He's not interested at all about getting more Alberta oil to Tidewater.
00:04:13.620 And I find it fascinating that he said something right there
00:04:17.900 that got another person in federal politics in deep water within the last week.
00:04:24.980 He got pilloried by the media to remember when Stephen Guilbault said this.
00:04:30.940 What I'm saying is that we already have an infrastructure in place
00:04:34.520 that's not even at 50% capacity.
00:04:37.240 So, before we think about building new infrastructure,
00:04:39.940 we should maximize the use of what already exists.
00:04:42.780 The BC Premier, David Eby, said the same thing Stephen Guilbault said a week ago,
00:04:48.600 and he got destroyed in the media over it.
00:04:51.520 I haven't heard anybody say anything about Eby.
00:04:53.960 There's going to be no pipeline built to the West Coast, folks.
00:04:57.700 The unity is falling apart.
00:05:01.100 Now, where does Mark Carney stand on this?
00:05:03.880 Well, he's never really committed to pipelines.
00:05:06.400 He's got an out, which I'll get to in just a moment.
00:05:08.920 But there's this little thing that gets in the way called Bill C-69,
00:05:11.960 another one of Danielle Smith's demands. 1.00
00:05:14.620 She wants that ended. 0.87
00:05:16.720 And Bill C-69, you're seeing it right here.
00:05:19.200 I went to the Parliament of Canada website and dug out this document
00:05:23.080 because I wanted to read it.
00:05:24.420 Folks, I didn't read it.
00:05:26.320 I extended the screen capture out here to the right side.
00:05:29.880 You can see the scroll bar on the side.
00:05:31.520 I am scrolling as fast as possible through this document.
00:05:35.240 And I went on for more than a minute,
00:05:37.240 and I never got anywhere near the end of it.
00:05:39.300 This is your government at work.
00:05:40.460 And this whole bill has been brought down to four words.
00:05:45.160 No new pipeline law.
00:05:47.820 And where does Mark Carney stand on this bill?
00:05:50.880 Do you plan to repeal Bill C-69?
00:05:53.880 We do not plan to repeal Bill C-69.
00:05:57.200 He will not repeal Bill C-69.
00:06:00.000 But what if he wanted to build a pipeline anyway from a federal standpoint?
00:06:05.800 He's got an out for that as well.
00:06:07.380 We just heard from David Eby,
00:06:09.380 who doesn't sound like he's committed to an oil pipeline going out to the West Coast.
00:06:14.560 Here's what Carney had to say about this during the election campaign when asked.
00:06:18.460 But if we are going to build big energy infrastructure in this country,
00:06:22.580 there is a we in that.
00:06:26.000 It is not imposed.
00:06:27.100 It is not imposed by the federal government.
00:06:29.920 It's not imposed by an opposition politician.
00:06:32.160 It's not imposed by a company.
00:06:33.580 It requires the support of, in the example you gave,
00:06:39.840 in Energy East of Quebec, the other provinces that are affected.
00:06:43.660 It requires the support of the free, prior, and informed consent of First Nations.
00:06:49.760 Carney has already provided himself with an out.
00:06:53.000 Sorry, can't build the pipeline.
00:06:54.860 I have to work with the provinces.
00:06:56.940 David Eby says no pipeline to the West Coast.
00:07:00.120 I'm sorry.
00:07:00.600 He washes his hands of the whole thing.
00:07:02.220 He talks about building big energy infrastructure.
00:07:05.660 He's talking about electricity because he's Mr. Net Zero.
00:07:09.800 But what of Quebec?
00:07:11.580 What of the two politicians there?
00:07:13.540 What are they saying about pipelines?
00:07:15.860 Fiercely opposed to any type of transport on Quebec territory
00:07:19.440 of hydrocarbons from Western Canada to any market whatsoever.
00:07:23.420 It does not serve Quebec.
00:07:24.960 It does not serve the environment.
00:07:26.840 It does not serve the planet.
00:07:28.500 We talk about EnerGS or GNL.
00:07:31.420 I think that we need to have social acceptability.
00:07:36.380 And if Daniel Smith or whoever, table projects, we'll look at them.
00:07:43.140 But we need to have social acceptability.
00:07:45.700 Once again, Mark Carney can say, hey, listen, I'm thinking of a big energy project here.
00:07:50.620 I'd like a pipeline.
00:07:51.720 But Quebec says no.
00:07:52.700 So he can wash his hands of this as well.
00:07:54.680 That's his out.
00:07:55.760 Now, this article right here says that Energy East is still a pipe dream.
00:08:00.280 Quebec support won't last.
00:08:02.680 Francois Legault talks about social acceptability for a pipeline.
00:08:05.720 This article says 59% of Quebecers are in favor of a pipeline, Energy East.
00:08:11.340 I heard recently and during the election campaign it was 72%.
00:08:15.640 But again, this so-called unity, this idea that politicians and Canadians want pipelines built, is starting to fall apart.
00:08:23.080 There will be no pipelines built in Canada.
00:08:25.480 It's not going to happen.
00:08:28.580 What does this do for Western provinces like Alberta and Saskatchewan?
00:08:34.400 Both Scott Moe and Daniel Smith have been very clear.
00:08:37.140 They want pipelines built.
00:08:38.380 They want our resources getting to tidewater.
00:08:40.600 They want our resources out of the ground.
00:08:43.160 Alberta and Saskatchewan want to reach our full potential.
00:08:46.320 We've been held back for 10 years by the Liberal Party.
00:08:48.680 What it means is we're going to be held back until there's a new government.
00:08:53.860 Or, dare I say it, Alberta and maybe Alberta and Saskatchewan get their independence.
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