Once it’s clear that the economic armageddon is just a bogeyman whipped up by someone somewhere to scare Liberal politicians into action, we are back once again to politics and Jody Wilson-Raybould’s initial complaint.
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Retired oil worker floats proposal to ship Alberta bitumen through Thunder Bay | CBC News
A retired oil field worker in Alberta has “floated” a novel solution to Alberta’s oil transportation woes: pipe the bitumen to Thunder Bay, Ont., then ship it up the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Irving oil refinery in New Brunswick.
Manitoba farmers fear ‘dire consequences’ of Chinese ban on Richardson canola shipments | CBC News
But Canadian officials said there was no evidence of any pests or bacteria of concern, leading some to believe the issue is just the latest in a conflict between the countries over Canada’s arrest of a Chinese technology company executive — a conflict Canadian farmers say they have now been dragged into. #mbpoli
Oil slick off Newfoundland last November was 21 km long and 8 km wide, documents show | CBC News
“[That] is not an adequate public release of vital information,” he said, noting that the map isn’t anywhere online in the company’s incident reports.
“The takeaway from this is that the responsible party for an oil spill seems to be in charge of releasing information about their own pollution event which, if you think about it, is totally absurd.” #nlpoli
SNC-Lavalin Urged Liberals For ‘Zero Debarment’ From Federal Contracts
SNC-Lavalin lobbied the government for the creation of a remediation agreement tool — but the federal director of public prosecutions ruled late last year that its case was ill-suited for such an agreement. Wilson-Raybould agreed with the director’s decision and declined to overturn it, though she had the power to do so.
However, the company could still escape severe punishment through an update to the integrity regime, which is aimed at fostering ethical business practices by shunning companies guilty of offences such as bid-rigging, bribery, fraud and money-laundering.
The Liberal government came forward with a proposed new scheme last fall that includes no minimum ineligibility period. #cdnpoli