Because the Bloc Quebecois holds official third-party status in
Parliament, the Liberals have enough votes to pass the speech when it
comes time for a vote.
In a separate interview on Question Period, pollster Nik Nanos said
Singh risks coming across as a barrier to progress on key initiatives at
a time when the NDP could make progressive policy advances.
TORONTO –
Days after shovels hit the ground in Alberta on the Trans Mountain
pipeline expansion, a new survey suggests the majority of Canadians
support the construction of new pipelines.
The survey, commissioned by CTV News and conducted by Nanos Research, polled 1,010 Canadians and found that 42 per cent supported new pipelines while another 23 per cent somewhat supported them.
Just under a third, or 30 per cent, oppose or somewhat oppose pipeline
construction. Four per cent of respondents said they were unsure.
North Vancouver Liberal MP Jonathan Wilkinson, formerly the minister of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, was sworn into his new role in Ottawa on Wednesday, Nov. 18. He takes over the portfolio from Catherine McKenna and is tasked with pushing through a controversial pipeline project in B.C.
Wilkinson intends to carry through on the Liberal’s plan to transition to clean energy technology and said the Trans Mountain pipeline project will help.
According to ‘Dogwood’, Alberta premier Jason Kenney demanded Justin Trudeau replace Catherine McKenna as environment minister, claiming she was “anti-pipeline”. They says he’s to work promoting Kenney’s #1 priority: a massive expansion of the Alberta oil sands – and the pipelines and oil tankers it will require.
Kai Nagata, Communications Director at Dowood writes, “Wilkinson may be a Liberal, but when it comes to the Trans Mountain oil tanker project he’s on the same team as Jason Kenney.
"Wilkinson has final say over Teck’s gargantuan new oil sands mine proposal. The Frontier project would be twice the size of Vancouver, pumping out 260,000 more barrels of bitumen a day. But it can only be built if Trans Mountain is there to carry away the oil.
That’s why Wilkinson is on a media tour, greenwashing the pipeline as part of ‘Canada’s climate plan’”.
In an interview on CTV’s Question Period with Evan Solomon, Government
House Leader Pablo Rodriguez said that the vote likely won’t happen
until the New Year, citing the Liberal’s ability to schedule up to six
days to debate the speech.
“A clear majority of Canadians voted for ambitious climate action now. And that is what the Government will deliver,” the GG stated. “From forest fires and floods, to ocean pollution and coastal erosion, Canadians are living the impact of climate change every day. The science is clear, and it has been for decades.” And “Canada’s children and grandchildren will judge this generation by its action—or inaction—on the defining challenge of the time.”
