Cat@ponder.cat to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-21 day agoCanada OKs ‘Massive’ $20 Billion Loan for Trans-Mountain Pipeline.www.desmog.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down11
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkCanada OKs ‘Massive’ $20 Billion Loan for Trans-Mountain Pipeline.www.desmog.comCat@ponder.cat to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarekat_angstrom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·1 day agoExactly 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-squareHellsBellelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoThe feds bought the pipeline in 2018. There is no private ownership.
minus-squarekat_angstrom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoAn important distinction. “Loan” feels like the wrong headline word to go with them; perhaps “budget” would be more accurate
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
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