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The ban on B.C. wine B次元官网网址� and encouragement for Albertan businesses and individuals to boycott B次元官网网址� might earn Notley political points, but itB次元官网网址檚 unlikely to change the B.C. government into ardent supporters of the Kinder Morgan pipeline.
Boycotts against commercial interests are sometimes effective, but rarely so when used in an attempt to force political change. And when itB次元官网网址檚 one government using boycotts (or sanctions) against another, the result usually leaves something to be desired. Just look at how effective sanctions against North Korea have been.
The people who end up getting hurt in these cases arenB次元官网网址檛 those with decision-making power, but those at the grassroots level with little influence except around election time.
NotleyB次元官网网址檚 boycott may be many things, including an attempt to get the feds more involved, but like that child, itB次元官网网址檚 also lashing out. And itB次元官网网址檚 at the wrong people. Alberta and B.C. may be separate provinces, but we all share the same flag and country. The only sure result of an inter-provincial boycott is harm to other Canadians B次元官网网址� not something any province should be engaging in.
The issue of the Kinder Morgan is a complicated one. Canada may be a country of many peoples and many nations, but we are one country. The only way to come to a solution on Kinder Morgan is through negotiation that respects and includes all perspectives: individuals, First Nations, local, provincial and federal governments.
In a way, the boycott threat is a compliment to our wine industry; saying wine is as valuable to our economy as oil is to AlbertaB次元官网网址檚, putting it right up there with electricity and lumber.
