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By Robert Bradley Jr. — November 16, 2022
“[Canada is] going down the same dark dead end we saw the head of Europe. And we see that energy and climate policy at the national level in our country is not based on the reality of the situation we are facing.” — Premier Scott Moe, Saskatchewan
Scott Moe, Saskatchewan’s current prime minister, is an enemy of climate alarmism and forced energy transition. He was a major critic of Justin TrudeauPrime Minister of Canada, on this matter.
Moe’s biography touts his commitment
to advance Saskatchewan’s economic interests by strengthening Saskatchewan’s high-quality agriculture, mining, manufacturing and energy sectors to meet the needs of growing global markets with world-leading efficiency and sustainability.
He is supportive mineral energyDensity and reliability are superior to thin, intermittent wind and solar, as well as grid-scale batteries.
Pipeline Online.CA reported excerpts from Moe’s speech under the title, “‘Fuck with that,’ Moe said of federal policies seeking to shut down coal and natural gas power generation, and limit fertilizer use.” The following excerpts:
Speaker, we have seen, as we begin the release of this white paper this fall, that this government lays out the opportunities we have in this province and ultimately where there are some challenges. awake. Nine federal policies we have identified. … cost of $111 billion.
And there will be some discussion about whether that number should be lower or higher. I would say more likely because we see the federal government moving target columns. It made all kinds of commits that . . . Oh the carbon tax has been supported by opposite members. It will be 50 dollars a ton. It won’t be too bad. We will never go beyond that until we get to $170/ton, Speaker. That’s called a moving target column.
You are seeing it over and over again. You’re seeing it with clean fuel standards. Now you are seeing it with the removal of fossil fuels. Not getting rid of coal by 2030, but phasing out fossil fuels by 2035, which will make for a terribly cold house in Saskatoon on January 1, 2036 when the natural gas plant However, Queen Elizabeth is out of business, Mr. Speaker. And the same thing will happen in North Battleford and across the province.
So, Speaker, here are the moving targets that will ultimately drive those $111 billion costs higher. And most certainly, if implemented, these kinds of environment-focused, only-environmentally-focused policies have pushed up the cost of electricity, that cost of energy higher than in other parts of the world, and We shouldn’t think for a minute that the same thing won’t happen here.
And one need look no further european unionSpeaker, and consortium of European nations, where there’s a very alarming story going on, I’d say, the rest of the world needs to watch. And it is fully visible for the whole world to see. The cost of energy in the European Union over the past few years, due to the enactment of policies focused solely on this environment, has skyrocketed…. We now see power outage warnings, power outages and they have advised that there will be energy rations as we work our way through these winter months.
Recently in this country we had the chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz. He’s in Canada and what he’s trying to do is secure an LNG [liquefied natural gas] Supply from Canada to Germany. What we offer to the German chancellor, to Mr. Scholz, is that in five years we will give you some hydrogen from a plant that hasn’t been built yet.
The wind farm isn’t built to power that hydrogen production either, but we’ll have all of this together in five years and we’ll send it to you after that. That would add to a pretty cold winter in Germany this year, so that answer isn’t enough to provide Germany with some of the most sustainable LNG you can find on earth made in Canada. .
So he went to the United Arab Emirates, Speaker. I spoke with my counterpart at Emirates just a few days ago, and they were able to reach a Memorandum of Understanding and secure LNG supplies to Germany from Emirates about 10 days after the prime minister arrived in Canada. , Mr. Speaker. . And that’s disappointing. Now that’s disappointing. I’d say it’s going to be disappointing to all Canadians.
What we see happening in Germany is that they are actually nationalizing their refineries. Opposition parties when they were in power were familiar with the nationalization of industries in the province. They are rapidly building LNG plants wherever they can, something they haven’t done in years.
They have closed their coal-fired plants, but they are restarting those because they cannot restart the nuclear plants that some countries have phased out. And especially in Germany, $60 billion will be provided over the next few months just to help their residents through the electricity and energy crisis, Speaker – $60 billion in the next few months.
And I would say that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is certainly the direct cause of the crisis we’re seeing, the energy security crisis that the European Union has placed itself in. But I would say that invasion, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, is only part of the explanation. Europe has put itself in a very precarious position by the policies it enacted in the years before this invasion.
And one observer noted this a few months ago. When you’re doing your best to discourage oil and gas production within your country’s borders, when you’re shutting down coal-fired power plants and you don’t really have a realistic plan for how you’re going to replace energy. That amount, when your plan is to buy it from a country like Russia, it’s not a realistic plan if you want real energy security.
When you fail to diversify your energy supply within the confines of your borders or your allied countries, when you put your trust only in renewable and renewable energy, which there are serious limitations when it comes to base load power, when you do all that, you better have a good backup plan, Speaker. You should have a strong backup plan.
And in Europe, across the European Union, I would say – maybe with the exception of France, where over 80% of their energy comes from nuclear power – they don’t have a good backup plan, Speaker. . And now they are dealing with the consequences of those decisions themselves.
And I want to say that no matter where we are, whether you are in government or the opposition or business or whatever your role in your community and your family, you can ignore the reality of a period of time, but you cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring. that fact.
The consequences of having an energy policy that did not prioritize energy security and then food security, they are now fully exposed in the European Union for the rest of the world to observe. . And we should know in this country, and we know in this province, that we can’t be too complacent.
We cannot get too complacent for a minute. We are going down the same dark dead end that we saw the head of Europe. And we see that energy and climate policy at the national level in our country is not based on the reality of the situation we are facing….
There is an article from Pipeline (Online) by another respected reporter, Brian Zinchuk, titled “Saskatchewan First Act Introduced to Keep the Province Bright and Allow Farmers to Continue continued use of nitrogen fertilizers.”
Speaker, it goes on and on, and only the first few sentences go like this, and I quote:
The federal government has said you won’t be using coal for electricity after 2030. And it’s moving to do the same with natural gas by 2035. It also wants to limit agricultural use of fertilizers. people, all in the name of climate change policies.
On November 1, Saskatchewan Province [has] speak, [and I quote] “Damn that,” but in a much more complicated, legal way.
Speaker, more seriously with all the chaos and unrest we’re seeing around the world, largely focused on the Ukraine region, in that part of Eastern Europe, Mr. Speaker , and what we’re seeing and how that impacts uncertainty in the rest of the world, including in our province of Saskatchewan, Speaker, we really need — with as a province that can provide the food, fuel and fertilizer that the world desperately needs — provide energy security, ensure food security.
Speaker, our mission is to identify where our challenges lie in order to deliver that conversation with our federal government and with other Canadians that energy security is important. . We produce some of the most sustainable food, fuel and fertilizer right here in Saskatchewan. We take pride in what we produce. We’re also proud of the people of Saskatchewan how we produce that thing, how we produce it from an environmental perspective, from an ethical perspective, from a labor perspective, Speaker. We are very proud….
We need to unite as Canadians, Speaker. We need to come together as Canadians to be a strong and vibrant nation so that we can be proud of each other and what we do and offer, ultimately, products that we do as Canadians for the world….
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