Premier-designate Jason Kenney addresses the media the day after his election victory in Edmonton on April 17, 2019.Alberta premier-designate Jason Kenney says he’ll confront provincial barriers to pipelines immediately upon taking office later this month, targeting British Columbia with a threat to stop oil and gas shipments while taking a softer approach with Quebec that will focus instead on selling the merits of the province’s crude.
Nonetheless, the UCP Leader is taking a confrontational approach to dealing with B.C. and is using a more conciliatory strategy in relations with Quebec. He has long blamed both provinces for getting in the way of new pipelines. “The polls in Quebec show that Quebeckers prefer to buy and consume Canadian energy to foreign energy imports … . I think they would see no social acceptability for dictator oil that fuels conflict around the world,” Mr. Kenney said.With the incoming Alberta government poised to punish British Columbia over its opposition to pipelines, Premier John Horgan says he aims to have a positive working relationship with Mr. Kenney. The premier-designate has said he could hit B.C.
Mr. Kenney said he used his phone call with Mr. Trudeau to reiterate his concerns with environmental-assessment legislation, Bill C-69, that he argues would hurt the province’s oil industry. He said he and Mr. Trudeau agreed to set up a meeting soon, though he acknowledged the approaching federal election could complicate that.
globebusiness A war within Canada...between provinces...should never have happened.
globebusiness Shut the taps to BC immediately I want them paying $4 per litre on gasoline until trans mountain is approved bc
globebusiness And then Jason “Copperfield” Kenney will magically make the price per barrel of oil increase globally... What a joke
globebusiness Getting rid of the co2 tax is their first priority.
globebusiness The fact that BC and QUE have effectively land locked another province’s resources costing Canada’s Government 80-100 million a day in tax revenue (for social services) is proof Trudeau’s lost control and Confederation is done - AB, SK and MB need to separate and prosper...
globebusiness Good.
globebusiness Ummmm...yeah. We can get oil elsewhere, thanks. It’s Alberta that can’t find markets. What a sorry excuse for a government. There is no more oil boom ever for Alberta. moveon
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