Brian Burke, the famously blunt former NHL general manager, once told team ownership in a job interview, “There will be only two hands on the steering wheel, and they’ll both be mine.” It was his way of telling the billionaire owners that he would be calling the shots and taking full responsibility for them.
That quote is starting to feel more and more relevant to national pipeline policy under the Carney Liberals. Except in Ottawa, it’s not about one person with two hands. It’s more like a guessing game of whose hands are even on the wheel — and whether anyone in the vehicle has a valid license.
