Canada ‘in decline’

Dear Editor:

There have been 48 applications for liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants in Canada since 2010 and 24 have been approved.

Only one large-scale plant was built in 2017, none since. GM and Stellantis have put almost 10,000 auto sector jobs on layoff this year, despite Stellantis receiving hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars over the past few years.

Canada has the third largest oil reserves in the world and fifth largest production. Our production is less than 50% of the top four producers and we have basically one customer, which is due to the fact we have no pipeline to tidewater. Our lumber industry is in crisis; one of our largest companies just filing for bankruptcy. Yes, tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump haven’t helped, but Canada has been in decline long before Trump.

Canada, under the Liberals, is like a family where the wife is a heart surgeon, the husband a criminal defence lawyer and they both choose to volunteer full-time at the food bank. You know, so they can virtue signal to their friends, while their kids go hungry.

Mark Brown,
Elora