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Originally Posted by Hackslack
The liberals are complete fools in having bought TMX, when the private sector was wanting to do it all on their own.
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Given the cost escalation and all the difficulties they've had, it's really hard to see how all of that is regulatory burden. This sounds like Friday night beer goggle level analysis.
I think there's a lower likelihood that industry would have finished this without a government bailout, even under a continued Harper government. Entire possible they would have started, seen the cost escalation and then just written it off and walked away.
It's all too convenient for oilbros to blame regulation for tens of billions in cost overruns than to admit their own underestimation or incompetence. Not to say that regulations didn't have an impact. But tens of billions? Can't buy that.