OTTAWA, Ontario: Federal Environment Minister, Steven Guilbeault, has proclaimed he is not in favour of more oil and gas infrastructure across Canada, but rather a green energy corridor to supply the rest of Canada with Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba’s hydropower. This Green Energy Corridor (GEP) is his dream, and while definitely a piece of a Trans-Canada Energy plan, it does miss the mark of inclusion – as in including all aspects of Canada’s energy capability.
Minister Stephen Guilbeault, being escorted to a press conference that will be on a live-stream from an undisclosed county courthouse. (This is really him when he used to “work” for Greenpeace.)
While researching information about this GEP proposal, 2P News has discovered another piece of information that seems directly tied to Guilbeault’s plan.
SNC Lavalin has tendered a bid with the federal government to supply ten million 100ft, Noma-branded extension cords from a supplier in Laungstring, China. The cords have locking ends, and as defined in the bid, “the ability to be strung together in lengths up to 1000 km without loss of transmission capability.
Just imagine, a cross-Canada network of yellow and blue extension cords, strung along the sides of highways and gravel roads, across rivers, slung under bridges with zip ties, crossing sidewalks. Maybe some will be hung from existing power poles and hydro pole infrastructure but the tension on connectors of this nature is likely to great. What about the sheer volume of power required per city? Does Saskatoon get 6 hookups? Edmonton 10? Like a trailer park with a limited supply of outlets, who would get priority? And like a trailer park in the west, I don’t think Guilbeault cares.
Chad Jonsmith, with Canadian Tire
“If we put these 2 bits of information together it would appear the federal government intends to runs extension cords from hydro power plants to communities around the country with extension cords. This will be problematic or several reasons. From road crossings to people unplugging towns they don’t like, this is poorly planned and is most likely to be poorly executed.” – Chad Jonsmith, Canadian Tire Extension Cord Dept. Manager
When 1P News contacted Enmax and asked a media representative what they thought of the potential plan, they replied: “Stupid.”
