HIGH-GRADE NI-CU-PT-PD-ZN-CR-AU-V-TI DISCOVERIES IN THE "RING OF FIRE"
NI 43-101 Update (September 2012): 11.1 Mt @ 1.68% Ni, 0.87% Cu, 0.89 gpt Pt and 3.09 gpt Pd and 0.18 gpt Au (Proven & Probable Reserves) / 8.9 Mt @ 1.10% Ni, 1.14% Cu, 1.16 gpt Pt and 3.49 gpt Pd and 0.30 gpt Au (Inferred Resource)
Message: interesting editorial
"But there could be one for Canada. He’s the best argument for a truly national economy that levels internal trade barriers and freely enables export of resources to Asia and Europe.
Social licence isn’t exactly out, but it’s wearing a gag.
Those used to be the first words federal Liberal ministers uttered about pipelines. Now the order tends to reverse. Ministers are gung-ho about selling resources. Vows of doing it responsibly are secondary."
It’s also a clear signal from Prime Minister Trudeau that developing non-U.S. markets is now a key priority."
But there’s something new: signs that all parties are starting to agree on greater export capacity to west and east, not just for oil and gas, but for minerals, agricultural and wood products and manufacturing
DITORIAL: Trump might help Canada, inadvertently
WINNIPEG SUNPublished:August 15, 2018
Updated:August 15, 2018 7:08 AM PDT
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President Donald Trump listens during a campaign rally at Florida State Fairgrounds Expo Hall, Tuesday, July 31, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Any good things Donald Trump brings to the world are unintentional.
But there could be one for Canada. He’s the best argument for a truly national economy that levels internal trade barriers and freely enables export of resources to Asia and Europe.
This was overdue a decade ago. Now, it’s imperative.
Enough of internal beer wars and licenceplate revenge. Enough of provinces flying into partisan heat and violating their own free trade agreements.
Enough of B.C. Premier John Horgan, too. His government’s obstruction of the Kinder Morgan pipeline now looks even more un-Canadian. The stakes appear to be sinking in. The Trudeau government is changing tone, both in public and in private.
Oil and gas exports are in. Social licence isn’t exactly out, but it’s wearing a gag.
Those used to be the first words federal Liberal ministers uttered about pipelines. Now the order tends to reverse. Ministers are gung-ho about selling resources. Vows of doing it responsibly are secondary.
Somewhere between Trump’s election and Horgan’s obstruction, light bulbs snapped on in high places.
Just as a car licence is meaningless without cars, a social licence is ridiculous if there’s no project to stick it on.
The feds certainly aren’t abandoning their environmental and climate-action goals. But the need to find alternative markets is suddenly imperative.
The City of Burnaby, which refuses to pay policing costs for protests at the Kinder Morgan site, has issued eviction notices at the protest camp. Nobody will say it outright, but direct federal pressure on Burnaby is part of this. So is pressure from right across the street. Burnaby residents with “good middle-class” jobs don’t want riots on their front lawns.
The new natural resources minister is Amarjeet Sohi, from Edmonton. It’s also a clear signal from Prime Minister Trudeau that developing non-U.S. markets is now a key priority.
Bitter partisan differences endure. But there’s something new: signs that all parties are starting to agree on greater export capacity to west and east, not just for oil and gas, but for minerals, agricultural and wood products and manufacturing.
With Trump looming over the border, the public might support this goal enthusiastically.
That’s good. But how sad that Donald Trump has to push us to it.
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