PJ The Belt - December 04, 2025


This Move Just Made Saskatchewan STATEHOOD Much More Likely!

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Scott Moe Speaker David Eby Nutrien Danielle Smith Robert Buffum Donald Trump

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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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00:00:00.000 But at the end of the day, not only is the United States of America our largest trading partner,
00:00:04.720 North and South, they're our most trusted and important ally as fellow North Americans.
00:00:09.940 And so our goal isn't to sell those products somewhere else.
00:00:12.300 Our goal is to continue with the relationship with the United States,
00:00:16.180 because quite honestly, that oil is coming to U.S. refineries,
00:00:21.540 and it's creating jobs in places like Ohio, Iowa, Illinois, down into Louisiana and Texas.
00:00:27.340 We sell crude oil, potash, uranium, agri-food products,
00:00:31.840 and our goal is always to create that continental energy and food security from our province's perspective.
00:00:36.480 Premier Scott Moe is back from Washington, D.C.,
00:00:39.300 where he met with U.S. officials to talk tariffs, trade, and protecting Saskatchewan jobs.
00:00:44.980 Moe says $40 billion in imports and exports cross the border every year,
00:00:49.680 mentioning how tariff-free trade is critical, given that the U.S. is their largest trading partner.
00:00:57.340 The left in Canada has just pushed Saskatchewan closer than ever to the United States.
00:01:03.940 And honestly, I don't think they even realize what they've done.
00:01:07.540 Something happened this week that tells you everything about where this country is headed
00:01:11.880 and why the West, especially Saskatchewan and Alberta,
00:01:15.860 are starting to look south for partnerships instead of the rest of Canada.
00:01:20.020 But before we get there, we need to talk about the mood in this country
00:01:24.220 and how a single decision exposed a lot more than most Canadians expected.
00:01:29.560 Because you can feel it, right?
00:01:31.720 There's a widening gap, not just politically, not just culturally,
00:01:36.500 but in how provinces treat development, investment, and the people who actually build things.
00:01:42.360 And that gap is turning into a full-blown divide.
00:01:45.500 On one side, you've got provinces begging for growth, fighting for jobs,
00:01:50.560 trying to move resources responsibly and efficiently.
00:01:53.980 And on the other side, well, you've got governments more focused on virtue signaling
00:01:59.260 than real-world economics.
00:02:01.880 Governments that would rather block projects than approve them.
00:02:05.700 Governments that think every industry is guilty until proven green.
00:02:10.140 Well, Nutrien has identified a site for a potential new ocean terminal in the Washington
00:02:15.200 and the announcement is drawing concern here in Canada
00:02:17.920 with critics asking why the new development is not being built in Vancouver.
00:02:22.160 The Potash Company says it plans to expand its West Coast capacity
00:02:25.200 by building a new export facility at Washington's Port of Longview,
00:02:29.040 creating additional deep water access in the Pacific Northwest.
00:02:32.580 The Saskatchewan NDP is asking Premier Scott Moe
00:02:34.880 to advocate for the project to be built in Canada
00:02:37.520 by speaking with BC's current BC Premier.
00:02:42.940 We see much investment being targeted for the West Coast of our continent, Mr. Speaker.
00:02:48.580 And then we see an NDP Premier stand up, Mr. Speaker.
00:02:51.600 That Premier says, we don't want oil in this port, Mr. Speaker,
00:02:54.940 because you can't get a boat into it.
00:02:56.340 And then that same NDP policymaking Premier, Mr. Speaker,
00:02:59.780 questions why another industry isn't making that very investment in our nation.
00:03:05.420 And that's where this story really begins.
00:03:08.120 For months now, British Columbia's Premier, David Eby,
00:03:11.900 has been taking shots at Alberta and Saskatchewan,
00:03:14.940 from their pipelines to their energy industries,
00:03:17.640 to their economic strategies.
00:03:20.400 Just recently, he threw a fit over Alberta and Saskatchewan
00:03:23.500 being consulted in the Ottawa-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding
00:03:28.000 about pipelines and energy corridors.
00:03:31.180 He genuinely seemed offended that two provinces
00:03:34.520 who actually produce energy dared to be included
00:03:38.580 in a conversation without his permission.
00:03:41.780 The man practically acted like the West belonged to him.
00:03:46.140 And that reaction, that insecurity,
00:03:49.200 actually sets the stage for what happened next.
00:03:52.940 Because while Eby was busy scolding everyone else
00:03:56.700 about how they should run their provinces,
00:03:59.880 a major Saskatchewan-based company was making a decision.
00:04:04.020 A big one.
00:04:05.260 And it was watching everything very closely.
00:04:08.360 It was watching how British Columbia treats development.
00:04:11.600 It was watching how the province handles investment.
00:04:15.000 And it was watching how its premier talks about the industries
00:04:17.920 that keep Western Canada alive.
00:04:20.860 Instead of Premier Scott Moe calling me up,
00:04:25.540 engaging with me about this huge billion-dollar decision
00:04:28.340 about whether to ship potash out of British Columbia
00:04:30.660 or out of Washington state,
00:04:32.580 he was engaging with Danielle Smith
00:04:34.400 on this non-existent pipeline project.
00:04:37.040 I didn't hear from the federal government
00:04:38.940 about the Nutrien decision.
00:04:40.660 I had no idea that there was even a prospect
00:04:42.960 that this company would consider putting themselves
00:04:44.860 in the hands of Donald Trump
00:04:45.920 to have tariffs or a ban of potash
00:04:49.620 being shipped out of Washington state.
00:04:51.120 And they made the decision, apparently,
00:04:53.600 to ship out of Washington state
00:04:55.020 instead of out of British Columbia.
00:04:56.620 Well, my reaction is when someone makes a decision
00:04:58.940 not to invest in your area,
00:05:00.400 you should have a look in the mirror
00:05:01.300 and not start to blame others.
00:05:02.980 And he feels that he can pick and choose
00:05:04.920 which projects are going to, you know,
00:05:07.360 land in Canadian West Coast ports.
00:05:11.620 And that just simply isn't the way.
00:05:13.580 And so what is he doing to attract
00:05:15.000 these types of investments to the West Coast?
00:05:16.880 Because everything we've heard the last week
00:05:18.280 or 10 days or two years
00:05:19.820 hasn't been in any way, you know,
00:05:23.600 positive for an investment like this to land.
00:05:25.960 And then the shoe dropped.
00:05:28.120 A Saskatchewan company,
00:05:29.740 one of the biggest players
00:05:30.960 in the entire potash, fertilizer, agricultural sector,
00:05:35.080 had the chance to put a massive project
00:05:37.320 in British Columbia
00:05:38.400 or take that investment somewhere else.
00:05:41.740 This was a moment where BC could have stepped up,
00:05:45.320 could have made itself more competitive,
00:05:47.980 could have shown it still has room for industry,
00:05:50.420 for jobs, for growth.
00:05:51.940 But instead, they proved exactly why
00:05:55.360 companies are looking elsewhere.
00:05:57.540 And that's when Americans stepped in. 0.59
00:06:00.720 Washington state, to be exact,
00:06:03.040 with fewer regulatory headaches,
00:06:05.060 lower costs, faster timelines,
00:06:07.780 and a government that actually wants investment.
00:06:10.080 Quietly became the smarter, safer, more stable option.
00:06:15.260 Now, here's where things get really interesting.
00:06:17.680 The moment Saskatchewan made its move,
00:06:20.140 Premier David Eby exploded.
00:06:23.220 Suddenly, he wasn't lecturing anymore.
00:06:26.300 He was panicking, complaining, blaming,
00:06:29.580 acting shocked that someone didn't want to deal
00:06:32.080 with his government's anti-business,
00:06:33.940 anti-energy woke policies.
00:06:35.920 And who stepped up in response?
00:06:38.960 Premier Scott Moe.
00:06:40.260 Calm, direct, and honestly,
00:06:42.660 kind of fed up with British Columbia's theatrics.
00:06:45.960 Moe basically said what everyone else was thinking.
00:06:49.060 If you want companies to invest in your province,
00:06:51.900 maybe stop treating them like the villains.
00:06:53.980 The blame being hurled over a massive lost opportunity
00:06:57.360 for British Columbia.
00:06:58.940 A giant potash company based in Saskatchewan
00:07:01.540 is planning to build a billion-dollar export terminal,
00:07:04.840 but it's not happening in Canada.
00:07:06.800 It's not happening in B.C.
00:07:08.240 It's happening in the United States.
00:07:10.560 And there were pointed words between the premiers
00:07:12.800 of the two provinces, Saskatchewan and B.C.
00:07:16.160 Well, B.C.'s opposition conservatives
00:07:18.220 are slamming the government of David Eby
00:07:20.680 and the NDP for what happened.
00:07:22.520 CTV's Robert Buffum has more.
00:07:24.680 This is being blocked.
00:07:25.940 Saskatchewan potash was a priority
00:07:28.000 during question period in the B.C. legislature.
00:07:31.500 Nutrien just chose Washington state
00:07:33.640 for over a billion-dollar project
00:07:37.460 driven out of this province,
00:07:40.220 walking away for an opportunity
00:07:41.660 for people in this province to prosper.
00:07:43.720 The opposition hammering the government
00:07:45.540 over revelations a major Saskatchewan potash company
00:07:48.700 was planning to build a massive terminal
00:07:50.520 near Vancouver, Washington, not Vancouver, B.C.
00:07:54.300 News that also rankled the premier.
00:07:57.100 It is unacceptable.
00:07:58.440 It is deeply disturbing and problematic
00:08:01.280 that Nutrien decided to go to Washington state
00:08:04.200 instead of coming to British Columbia.
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