tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988599552908585128.post4243392088092330777..comments2023-10-16T01:09:58.286-07:00Comments on BC Iconoclast: Time for a Big ProjectBernardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951619465188564252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988599552908585128.post-88883859983166370732010-09-03T16:27:19.336-07:002010-09-03T16:27:19.336-07:00Please explain to the previous commentator how the...Please explain to the previous commentator how the U.S. has for years been paying dividends to BC by purchasing power at a high prices during the day with BC holding the water( power) in the reservoirs at night. BC pays cheap prices for U.S. generated power at night. BC has reaped huge benefits from this beneficial relationship.<br /><br />How is BC accepting foreign paying customers - thus guaranteeing a payback in government investment a bad thing? OK, let's suppose for some reason the mines in Northwest BC fail - who holds the bag for no payback on the investment? You got it, the Canadian and BC taxpayers. <br /><br />With Alaska as a customer to move power to or from there, there is a payback on the investment should mines fail.<br /><br />As for Rupert being threatened as a low cost port, the miles to Alaska don't compensate for cheaper and faster marine transport. Someday, Canada will be interconnected by rail to Russia and Eurasia via Alaska. By that time, there'll be a need for it - it's not nice to think in a shortsighted manner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988599552908585128.post-27683911378936234442010-09-03T11:19:40.191-07:002010-09-03T11:19:40.191-07:00Why should Ottawa pay anything for a rail line to ...Why should Ottawa pay anything for a rail line to Alaska? It would only divert freight to Anchorage from Prince Rupert. If the Americans want a rail line, let them pay for it. <br /><br />Plenty of federal reports have been completed and revised on rail lines to Yukon. Why not research and read them before concluding about the economic benefits to Canada (and the Yukon) of an Alaskan gateway. You also might want to read about the BC Rail Deas Lake and Ft. Nelson rail spurs boondoggle of the WAC Bennett government.<br /><br />Ditto for the power line to the Panhandle. BC Hydro should lean to making a deal as similar as possible to that Quebec Hydro made with the Newfoundland on their Churchill project - looking out for Quebec's interests, not Newfoundland's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com