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n early August of this year, Alberta Pre-
mier Rachel Notley, with dozens of
36inch steel pipes in the background,
delivered a speech which illustrated the
importance of energy infrastructure proj-
ects to this country.
“There is not a school, there is not a hos-
pital, there is not a road a bus or a pub-
lic bike lane anywhere in this country that
does not owe something to the strength
of the Alberta energy industry.”
Notley continued, “This is a win. This is a
win for working people, this is a win for
Alberta, this is a win for a whole bunch of
prairie communities and it is a win for all
Canadians.”
The “win” Notley is referring to? Getting
Alberta’s economy back to strength with
a strong national environmental policy.
Getting out of coal by 2030. Getting the
chance to sell to China at better prices.
All of these hopes are tied to the En-
bridge’s Line 3 Pipeline—1,600 km pipe-
line that will run from Hardisty, Alberta,
through Saskatchewan, down into the U.S.
and ending in Superior Wisconsin—which
broke ground that month.
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