I found it a little nit-picky for the journalists to complain that some of the projects have already been planned before Carney announced them -- well, of course they were!
Here are some other comments about the projects:
Majority of Canadians trust Mark Carney to help Canada’s economy “Carney holds a 14-point advantage over Pierre Poilievre on trust in handling Canada’s economy.”
— Cult MTL (@cultmtl.com) November 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Today, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Ksi Lisims LNG and North Coast transmission line have been referred to the Major Projects Office for review, sending a signal to potential investors in B.C.'s burgeoning LNG industry, @sobittersosweet.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/ksi-lisims-f...
— The Narwhal (@thenarwhal.ca) November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Mark Carney has announced the Crawford Nickel mine near Timmins will be one of his significant projects. I pushed the previous government to take this project up. The mine has access to infrastructure, roads, workforce, hydro. This will be way less problematic than Ring of Fire.
— Charlie Angus (@charlieangus104.bsky.social) November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
There are other projects happening too:Reading some comments on this posts and others. You know when people are so negative about all the great projects that are in planning I think just what the hell do you want? Carney and this Gvt are working their asses off for this country. If you can do better put your name up next election.
— MacKnotter (@macknotter.bsky.social) November 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Way to go PM Carney!
— harriedwife.bsky.social (@harriedwife.bsky.social) November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Premier Wab Kinew has hinted that details about the expansion of the Port of Churchill will be revealed this weekend when he’s in the city for the Grey Cup.
— Winnipeg Free Press (@winnipegfreepress.com) November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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— The Globe and Mail (@theglobeandmail.com) November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Q: “Where do negotiations with Alberta stand on the so-called grand bargain for new energy projects?” PM Carney: 👇🏽 🎥 Credit: CPAC / YouTube ❤️🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
— 🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 (@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social) November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Here's an extraordinary interview Carney just gave to Toronto Life, where he talks about negotiating with Trump:Tonight on Nation to Nation, We’re looking at the Prime Minister’s big push on critical minerals and what it means for communities on the ground. Also on Nation to Nation: Nunatsiavut government surprised by G7 announcement on Strange Lake mine.
— APTN News (@aptnnews.bsky.social) November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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And this sums up the Carney government approach:🇨🇦 Prime Minister Mark Carney sits down with Toronto Life | 38 min video #CanadaStrong #AI #Housing @mark-carney.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=baS6...
— Joe Public 🇨🇦 (@joepublic.bsky.social) November 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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It’s not just what we build. It’s how we build. We’re building major projects sustainably, in partnership with Indigenous peoples, in solidarity with union workers, and we are building Canadian – with Canadian materials and technology.
— Mark Carney (@mark-carney.bsky.social) November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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11 comments:
Fossil Fuel expansion at this point in time is an act of humanicide.
True. It also makes zero economic sense. We're talking huge investment in something that is not going to operate nearly long enough to make a profit. Fossil fuel companies are basing their economic projections on unrealistic assumptions, and government should not be buying into those unrealistic assumptions. Most fossil fuel projects of any sort, whether pipelines, LNG or whatever, that are started now will probably not even be complete by the time the economy has shifted enough to make them not viable--Asia's demand for both gasoline and LNG will be dropping like a stone. So if Carney supposedly wants to build what works rather than what is politically expedient, fossil fuel projects should be out just because they're white elephants.
Economically, nuclear is also a pointless, dead end technology . . . and then it has those other problems. Nuclear is so expensive we're already at the point where building new solar + storage is probably cheaper than just running existing nuclear plants, let alone building new ones. And again, nuclear plants are VERY slow to build--we're talking 10 years or more. So if we finance a nuclear plant now, it might get built by 2035. By 2035 the discussion on what to use for energy will be over, and nuclear won't be a contender.
Yes, but I look at it this way - fossil fuels are what Canada has to sell right now, if we can get them to market fast enough.
The construction jobs alone will be a substantial benefit for the West, as will the operation and transportation jobs. for a time at least.
So I think we might as well do it, and get what we can for it while it still has some value. Its not like we're cutting down the Amazon rain forest to clear land for cattle, nor flooding productive farmland to build hydro dams -- our oil isn't useful for anything if it stays underground. (and I also know there are more complex issues on these points than I have raised here.)
These so-called nation-building jobs are for the most part in the resource sector. In other words, they represent a return to our historic role as hewers of wood and drawers of water rather than a move towards innovation and new technologies.
CD Howe and his Dollar-a-Year Men took Canada from an industrial backwater to a leading economy within about a decade. This is not that sort of vision.
Wow, such negative attitudes. It’s obvious we need to try to disentangle ourselves as much a possible from the US economy. And, we need a plan to do so. Start with our strengths, and go from there.
So, guys, what are your suggestions? Sell out to the US like the Conservatives have done for the past 70 years? Diefenbaker, Mulroney and Harper all did so. Are we supposed to let PP have his turn?
UU
Think this might add to the perspective. Australia is on our side.
https://youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI
I sort of feel the more polish we put on Canada the better to attract the coming "American National Emergency Water Annexation" .
Fun times.
@Anonymous UU: So, if we're not with you, we're with the terrorists, I mean Americans? I've heard that kind of rhetoric before and I know the kind of people it comes from.
OMG! Really? That’s your take on my comments? (BTW - Do you write the news releases for the OLO? Sounds similar.)
UU
Come on, own it. Your accusation was ridiculous, now you don't have the guts to stand up for it?
What should we do? We should do what Mexico is doing. We think of Mexico as a third world country and we're so much more advanced, but Mexico's response to all this American nonsense is a full on industrial policy, including a plan to build fully Mexican-owned EVs, and a reinvigorated welfare state. They're going for the whole modern manufacturing nation enchilada, we're going for, once again, hewers of wood and drawers of water.
There's nothing necessarily wrong with a few mines, depending on the details, but they do not represent a plan to build up a country. But, the mining lobby is big in Canada. Meanwhile, there IS plenty wrong with pipelines and LNG, and there is such a thing as opportunity cost. If we're going to spend tons of money on stupid stuff, that's money we can't spend on solar arrays and wind farms, EVs and batteries, high speed trains and transit, education and training.
Cap said...
These so-called nation-building jobs are for the most part in the resource sector. In other words, they represent a return to our historic role as hewers of wood and drawers of water rather than a move towards innovation and new technologies.........
The intention is to do the same as always with fewer restrictions!
Harper weakened the navigable waters act now Carney wishes to weaken it more so!
How stupid can we get?
TB
What a lively, erudite comment thread!
I feel honoured to have kicked it off. ;-)
To UU I can only say:
Lil'PP is the carnival bogey man created to keep us scared and distracted while Carney implements most of the Harper agenda, especially fossil fuels and austerity.
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