Carson Jerema: Carney ensnares Danielle Smith in pipeline blackmail

Carson Jerema/National Post: No one should be surprised if all these overlapping plans, regulations and legislation do not result in much infrastructure being built at all. Between the social and environmental reviews, permitting, carve-outs, proposed economic zones and side deals — all of it subject to the whims of cabinet — not even functionaries of the Byzantine Empire would be able to keep track of it all. Throw in the duty to consult with First Nations and the entire ship of state is going to run aground…