This Move Just Made Saskatchewan STATEHOOD Much More Likely!
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Summary
Saskatchewan s Premier Scott Moe is back from Washington, D.C., where he met with U.S. officials to talk tariffs, trade, and protecting Saskatchewan jobs. Meanwhile, a major Canadian potash company is making a decision on whether to ship their product out of Vancouver, BC or Washington state.
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But at the end of the day, not only is the United States of America our largest trading partner,
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North and South, they're our most trusted and important ally as fellow North Americans.
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And so our goal isn't to sell those products somewhere else.
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Our goal is to continue with the relationship with the United States,
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because quite honestly, that oil is coming to U.S. refineries,
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and it's creating jobs in places like Ohio, Iowa, Illinois, down into Louisiana and Texas.
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We sell crude oil, potash, uranium, agri-food products,
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and our goal is always to create that continental energy and food security from our province's perspective.
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Premier Scott Moe is back from Washington, D.C.,
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where he met with U.S. officials to talk tariffs, trade, and protecting Saskatchewan jobs.
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Moe says $40 billion in imports and exports cross the border every year,
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mentioning how tariff-free trade is critical, given that the U.S. is their largest trading partner.
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The left in Canada has just pushed Saskatchewan closer than ever to the United States.
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And honestly, I don't think they even realize what they've done.
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Something happened this week that tells you everything about where this country is headed
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and why the West, especially Saskatchewan and Alberta,
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are starting to look south for partnerships instead of the rest of Canada.
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But before we get there, we need to talk about the mood in this country
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and how a single decision exposed a lot more than most Canadians expected.
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There's a widening gap, not just politically, not just culturally,
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but in how provinces treat development, investment, and the people who actually build things.
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And that gap is turning into a full-blown divide.
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On one side, you've got provinces begging for growth, fighting for jobs,
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trying to move resources responsibly and efficiently.
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And on the other side, well, you've got governments more focused on virtue signaling
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Governments that would rather block projects than approve them.
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Governments that think every industry is guilty until proven green.
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Well, Nutrien has identified a site for a potential new ocean terminal in the Washington
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and the announcement is drawing concern here in Canada
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with critics asking why the new development is not being built in Vancouver.
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The Potash Company says it plans to expand its West Coast capacity
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by building a new export facility at Washington's Port of Longview,
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creating additional deep water access in the Pacific Northwest.
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The Saskatchewan NDP is asking Premier Scott Moe
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to advocate for the project to be built in Canada
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We see much investment being targeted for the West Coast of our continent, Mr. Speaker.
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And then we see an NDP Premier stand up, Mr. Speaker.
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That Premier says, we don't want oil in this port, Mr. Speaker,
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And then that same NDP policymaking Premier, Mr. Speaker,
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questions why another industry isn't making that very investment in our nation.
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For months now, British Columbia's Premier, David Eby,
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has been taking shots at Alberta and Saskatchewan,
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from their pipelines to their energy industries,
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Just recently, he threw a fit over Alberta and Saskatchewan
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being consulted in the Ottawa-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding
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He genuinely seemed offended that two provinces
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who actually produce energy dared to be included
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The man practically acted like the West belonged to him.
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actually sets the stage for what happened next.
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Because while Eby was busy scolding everyone else
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a major Saskatchewan-based company was making a decision.
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It was watching how British Columbia treats development.
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It was watching how the province handles investment.
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And it was watching how its premier talks about the industries
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engaging with me about this huge billion-dollar decision
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about whether to ship potash out of British Columbia
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that this company would consider putting themselves
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Well, my reaction is when someone makes a decision
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in the entire potash, fertilizer, agricultural sector,
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This was a moment where BC could have stepped up,
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could have shown it still has room for industry,
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and a government that actually wants investment.
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Quietly became the smarter, safer, more stable option.
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Now, here's where things get really interesting.
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acting shocked that someone didn't want to deal
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kind of fed up with British Columbia's theatrics.
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Moe basically said what everyone else was thinking.
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If you want companies to invest in your province,
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The blame being hurled over a massive lost opportunity
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is planning to build a billion-dollar export terminal,
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And there were pointed words between the premiers
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during question period in the B.C. legislature.
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over revelations a major Saskatchewan potash company
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near Vancouver, Washington, not Vancouver, B.C.
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