Bell: Doug Ford warns Carney — Ontario premier can be an 800-pound gorilla
Bury the last 10 years of the Liberals under Trudeau. Canada has to stop sabotaging its own economy. That's the chorus.
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'It's time to end excuses. It's time to start building and we need to start building now,' says Ford.
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'I almost jumped over the table and hugged the guy,' says Ford, who says what is on his mind in a political world where thin gruel is often the special of the day.
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Ford, like Premier Smith, gets pumped up talking about getting Canadian goods to the rest of the world.
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Both premiers loathe laws and regulations standing in the way of getting the economy firing on all cylinders, including the oil and gas business.
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When Ford mentions the tanker ban off the B.C. coast he says it's the craziest thing he's heard.
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And do not get him started on Ottawa pushing new electric vehicles on Canadians over the next 10 years.
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Ford talks about 'great Alberta oil' and critical minerals from Ontario.
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The Ontario premier says Ottawa 'has to start showing respect to the good folks in the West, especially Saskatchewan and Alberta.'
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Every part of Canada must be respected.
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'We have the governor of Michigan constantly threatening to close down the pipeline. Do you know what a disaster that would create in Ontario?'
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He says prices would go through the roof, Toronto Pearson Airport would shut down.
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'I'm tired of relying on the United States. The days of relying on the United States, 100 per cent, they're done, they're gone.'
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Alberta's Premier Smith says politicians, such as Carney, visiting during the Calgary Stampede are hearing the facts without any sugar coating.
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The oilpatch is frustrated and though we hear it is very likely a pipeline will be on the list of projects getting fast-tracked for approval we are not there yet.
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'There will be a moment where the rubber meets the road. You can only talk the talk for so long,' says Smith.
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