You would think that after almost a decade of promises, consultations, photo ops, and “historic announcements,” the government would eventually follow one up with something real. But here we are again. Melissa Lantsman stood in the House and laid it out plainly: the Prime Minister delivered another flashy pipeline announcement that doesn’t build a pipeline. Not now, not soon, and maybe not ever.
That’s the recurring pattern. Big speeches, big headlines, big applause — and absolutely no construction. Instead of committing to when shovels hit the ground, the government has decided to take the scenic route: hold a meeting, draft a plan, sign a document that talks about possibly, theoretically, maybe one day considering a pipeline. If the country wasn’t paying the price, it would almost be impressive how consistently nothing gets done.
What takes this one from frustrating to absurd is the new twist — giving the B.C. NDP effective veto power over the entire thing. That’s not cooperation. That’s outsourcing your energy policy to the political group most likely to kill it. If you want to stop a pipeline quietly, that’s how you do it. No cancellations. No headlines. Just hand the brake lever to the people who will gladly pull it.
And the consequences aren’t theoretical. Every year without a functioning west-coast outlet means missed revenue, stalled projects, and investment drifting away to countries that actually build things instead of holding roundtables about them. Workers don’t get paycheques from announcements. Communities don’t grow from frameworks. And you don’t move energy by signing a document declaring how nice it would be if energy someday moved.
So when Lantsman said this Prime Minister is all sizzle and no steak, she wasn’t exaggerating. At this point, Canadians would be lucky to get the steak seasoning. Another pipeline “plan” with no pipeline attached. Another future of delays packaged as progress. Another announcement with more politics than purpose.
Canada doesn’t need another round of applause.
It needs a government willing to build something.
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