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I’ve been doing some rough comparative math that I’ll share soon. Put $50 billion into one major pipeline and you may create thousands of construction jobs, but relatively few permanent operating jobs. Put the same capital over four years into hospitals, long-term care, schools, housing and neglected infrastructure in Alberta and B.C., and the preliminary numbers suggest tens of thousands of permanent jobs—while building things Canadians already desperately need. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t eventually build another pipeline. It means we should reconsider what we call “nation-building.” Moving more Canadian resources to customers in other countries has economic value, but so does strengthening Canadian communities, relieving hospital bed-block, caring for seniors and building the workforce we will need for tomorrow’s major projects. It comes back to an order of business: meet the needs we already have, build our capacity, and then build bigger.

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Leadership is never simply a title. It is a responsibility to the people who entrusted you with authority. @ABDanielleSmith , Albertans deserve a government focused on solving problems, protecting freedoms and building a future worth inheriting. Instead, we continue to see political distractions, contentious legislation and unanswered questions about your dealings with American political and business interests. @ABDanielleSmith , public office is not a licence to exercise power without accountability. If you are unwilling to answer reasonable questions, respect the limits of your authority and put the interests of Albertans ahead of political ambition, perhaps it is time to tender your resignation. Leadership is measured not by the power you accumulate, but by what you accomplish for the people you were elected to serve. Alberta deserves better. @PeterGuthrie99 @nenshi @LukaszukAB @TheBreakdownAB

In business, meeting a powerful customer is not an achievement by itself. What matters is what you negotiate and what your organization gains. Premier @ABDanielleSmith , you have emphasized your relationships with American political figures. What tangible advantages have those relationships delivered for Alberta? Access is not influence, and influence is not a result.