A Pierre Poilievre government would upgrade the port of Churchill, Manitoba to ship an additional 100,000 barrels of oil to international markets..In a Saturday press release, the Conservative leadership hopeful said “government gatekeepers” have prevented Canada’s national resources, particularly oil, from reaching the international market via the port of Churchill..“My government will work to pre-approve permits required to export oil from the Port to markets around the world, giving investors the confidence they need to get it done,” he said..The.MP for Carleton, Ontario, said that if a pipeline was built.to the Port, export capacity could increase by an additional 200,000 barrels of oil per day. He added that creating regulatory certainty for investors would allow the owner of the port and rail line, Arctic Gateway Group, to secure the funding needed to restore the rail line and unlock the port’s potential..In February 2020, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said he was open to discussing a possible oil pipeline to the Port of Churchill in order to get Canadian energy to ocean tankers..“The previous NDP government dismissed the very idea of shipping oil products out of Churchill out of hand, without even looking at it,” Pallister said at the time, adding that it was “not the approach” of his Progressive Conservative government, he said..Environmentalists have previously expressed concern with a proposed pipeline, arguing that because the northern Manitoba ground frequently shifts and heaves, there is an elevated risk of an oil spill..Poilievre has also committed to ending the import of overseas oil into Canada within five years of taking office, as well as repealing “anti-energy laws” Bill C-69 and Bill C-48. They would be replaced with “predictable new rules with hard deadlines that protect the environment, consult First Nations and provide them with paycheques and give quick decisions on energy projects.”.A Poilievre government would also commit to doubling the oil production of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, ban oil imports from “.polluting dictatorships,” and support the construction of cross-country pipeline and rail projects..Poilievre said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau supports oil, as long as it is foreign oil. “His government gatekeepers have done everything they can to kill projects that would support Canadian energy,” he said..“My government will unlock the potential of Canada’s Arctic Port, and the Canadian paycheques it creates, and get our energy resources to the world.”.Matthew Horwood is the Parliamentary Bureau Chief of the Western Standard
A Pierre Poilievre government would upgrade the port of Churchill, Manitoba to ship an additional 100,000 barrels of oil to international markets..In a Saturday press release, the Conservative leadership hopeful said “government gatekeepers” have prevented Canada’s national resources, particularly oil, from reaching the international market via the port of Churchill..“My government will work to pre-approve permits required to export oil from the Port to markets around the world, giving investors the confidence they need to get it done,” he said..The.MP for Carleton, Ontario, said that if a pipeline was built.to the Port, export capacity could increase by an additional 200,000 barrels of oil per day. He added that creating regulatory certainty for investors would allow the owner of the port and rail line, Arctic Gateway Group, to secure the funding needed to restore the rail line and unlock the port’s potential..In February 2020, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said he was open to discussing a possible oil pipeline to the Port of Churchill in order to get Canadian energy to ocean tankers..“The previous NDP government dismissed the very idea of shipping oil products out of Churchill out of hand, without even looking at it,” Pallister said at the time, adding that it was “not the approach” of his Progressive Conservative government, he said..Environmentalists have previously expressed concern with a proposed pipeline, arguing that because the northern Manitoba ground frequently shifts and heaves, there is an elevated risk of an oil spill..Poilievre has also committed to ending the import of overseas oil into Canada within five years of taking office, as well as repealing “anti-energy laws” Bill C-69 and Bill C-48. They would be replaced with “predictable new rules with hard deadlines that protect the environment, consult First Nations and provide them with paycheques and give quick decisions on energy projects.”.A Poilievre government would also commit to doubling the oil production of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, ban oil imports from “.polluting dictatorships,” and support the construction of cross-country pipeline and rail projects..Poilievre said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau supports oil, as long as it is foreign oil. “His government gatekeepers have done everything they can to kill projects that would support Canadian energy,” he said..“My government will unlock the potential of Canada’s Arctic Port, and the Canadian paycheques it creates, and get our energy resources to the world.”.Matthew Horwood is the Parliamentary Bureau Chief of the Western Standard