Letters to the Editor, Sept. 4, 2026

Published Sep 04, 2026  •  Last updated 21 minutes ago  •  1 minute read

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Re “Not a Nation Builder” (Letters to the Editor, Aug. 23): I agree with the letter writer about federal (taxpayer) funding of the energy deal between Quebec and Newfoundland/Labrador not really contributing to “nation building”; however, it could be. To facilitate pipeline building under the federal government’s stated (hopefully real) objective “to build infrastructure faster than ever before,” each province would simultaneously build these pipelines through its territory, to be linked province-to-province as completed. Each shares in revenue by a formula based on transmission distance through its province. Jobs are created in these provinces for the build and Canadian materials would be used. Federal transfer payments should be withheld from any entity that slows down or disrupts these pipeline projects.

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Paul Maginn
Etobicoke

(This would be helpful if they could all agree on leadership of the project, timeline and who is responsible for what. Alas, this might be a pipe dream)

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Running Canadian crude to Sarnia through Wisconsin and Michigan and under the Straits of Mackinac is problematic for both Canadians and Americans. Get TC Energy to build the Northern Shield oil pipeline to Sarnia refineries in their natural gas Mainline right-of-way as much as practical to share infrastructure and lower costs. Building Northern Shield as a big-inch line won’t cost much more. Add a new line along the existing Line 9 oil pipeline from Sarnia to refineries at Nanticoke and Montreal. Build new oil and natural gas pipelines to Canada’s two largest refineries at Levis, Que. and Saint John, N.B. to end imports of foreign crude, and to the Saint John LNG Port and the Canso NS Superport to export LNG and crude oil from the East Coast. Supply all those refineries with light sweet crude and heavy sour dilbit exactly as the existing Trans Mountain pipeline has batched for decades, and/or provide loans to add refinery heavy crude processing capacity.

Mike Priaro
Calgary

(Sounds we simply just need to build something that gives us an economic advantage)

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