Oil projects will get our economy moving again

It was interesting to read that Sonya Savage, the Energy Minister for Alberta recently suggested it was a good time to build the pipeline because of restrictions on the size of gatherings due to COVID-19 making large protests illegal.

She is correct, but with the amount of debt our federal government is racking up, soon it will be time to get serious about doing something to put money into the coffers.

It’s been going out fast and furious with each morning session that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has.

A month ago, it was suggested that a $288 billion deficit for this year was likely and then shortly after it was mentioned our deficit could possibly reach a trillion.

This week, Trudeau made a deal with the NDP. The NDP wanted more social-cost items, and the hand just went further into the till putting all Canadians further into debt.

I realize these are special times and many people need a hand, but this will all have to be repaid, if you have children and grandchildren just think of the burden this will be placing on these generations and the ones to come after them.

Assuming we do get ahead of this virus in six to 18 months, hopefully common sense prevails and a few more people come to the conclusion that blocking every project that creates employment, stimulates the economy and puts money into the federal coffers can’t be held up by a minority group of radicals.

Like it or not, oil products are in everyone’s daily lives, not even the protesters or the Green MPs are willing to give up the comforts that fossil fuels provide, so oil is here to stay for a long time yet.

Canada may as well cash in on our natural resources. Or should we sit idle, unemployed and hopelessly in debt while watching other countries stimulate their economies and supply the world with oil products?

If we don’t capitalize on the resources available to us how are we ever to climb out of the financial hole that Canada is spiralling further into with each passing day?