Cat@ponder.cat to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-25か月前Canada OKs ‘Massive’ $20 Billion Loan for Trans-Mountain Pipeline.www.desmog.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down12
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkCanada OKs ‘Massive’ $20 Billion Loan for Trans-Mountain Pipeline.www.desmog.comCat@ponder.cat to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-25か月前message-square27fedilink
minus-squarepsvrh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up65arrow-down1·5か月前So we have money for this, but can’t build public housing. Right. If oil is so profitable, let the oil companies foot the bill themselves.
minus-squarekat_angstrom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·5か月前Exactly this. All that “free market” talk always seems full of promise and idealism and then the government OKs subsidies like this and it’s just naked corporatism through and through.
minus-squareHellsBelle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5か月前The feds bought the pipeline in 2018. There is no private ownership.
minus-squarekat_angstrom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5か月前An important distinction. “Loan” feels like the wrong headline word to go with them; perhaps “budget” would be more accurate
So we have money for this, but can’t build public housing. Right.
If oil is so profitable, let the oil companies foot the bill themselves.
Exactly this. All that “free market” talk always seems full of promise and idealism and then the government OKs subsidies like this and it’s just naked corporatism through and through.
The feds bought the pipeline in 2018. There is no private ownership.
An important distinction. “Loan” feels like the wrong headline word to go with them; perhaps “budget” would be more accurate
.