Letters: We haven’t learned any lessons on pipeline costs

Recent major Canadian pipeline projects: • TMX proposed cost: $5B. Actual cost: $35B • Coastal GasLink proposed: $4.6B. Actual: $14.5B; • New AB/BC southern route pipeline proposed: $35B-44B. Actual: ? The pipeline industry doesn’t care about its accuracy, they aren’t the ones financing it.Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, shame on me [...]

Article content Recent major Canadian pipeline projects: • TMX proposed cost: $5B. Actual cost: $35B Recommended Videos • Coastal GasLink proposed: $4.6B. Actual: $14.5B; • New AB/BC southern route pipeline proposed: $35B-44B. Actual: ? The pipeline industry doesn’t care about its accuracy, they aren’t the ones financing it. Fool me once, shame on me.

Fool me twice, shame on me again. Fool me three times, shame on me again, and again, and again. Keith Cummings, Telkwa, B.C. (When projects are delayed or shelved by red tape & roadblocks, it’s no mystery why costs spike and private business is wary)

Shine is wearing off I realize we have nobody to vote for other than Danielle Smith. We’ve all watched Nenshi mismanagement of water pipes and budgets. Smith has delayed our tax break and now has gone against the gas tax cancellation.

I’m hoping for a third choice. Big fan of Danielle, but she’s turning into a politician. It’s too bad, but when a party says when gas gets to a certain price we’ll cancel the gas tax?

And you don’t? She’s invited Nenshi to the party. C’mon, do better, Danielle.

Yancy Jones, Okotoks (The Alberta Energy Rebate is not a hit with everyone.) Do you have an opinion of the day? Have your say!

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