EDMONTON - Alberta has passed landmark legislation giving it sweeping power to intervene in oil and gas exports that could result in punitive price spikes in British Columbia in the dispute over the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion. Premier Rachel Notley won't say when and how the power will be used, but said she won't wait long. "Alberta will be equipped with new tools to assert our rights to control the flow of our resources to British Columbia," Notley said Wednesday prior to Bill [Read more]
British Columbia is just defending its interests on pipeline: Horgan
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - B.C. Premier John Horgan accused the federal government of unnecessarily putting taxpayers money at risk on Wednesday by offering financial protection for Kinder Morgan's investors in the Trans Mountain pipeline dispute. Horgan said he is trying to protect the province's interests by joining two legal cases over the project and asking the B.C. Court of Appeal whether the province has the right to preserve its environment through a permitting system for hazardous substances [Read more]
Ford gasoline tax cut may be camouflaged by rise in crude prices, say experts
Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford's election promise to lower gas taxes might not go very far, considering the price of crude oil — the most crucial element in determining prices at the pump — is marching steadily higher, industry experts say. Ford promised Wednesday to shave 10 cents per litre off gasoline taxes if elected premier next month — 5.7 cents in provincial taxes and another 4.3 cent from his pledge to eliminate the province's cap-and-trade system. A [Read more]
Morneau’s pledge to backstop pipeline expansion draws criticism
OTTAWA - The federal government is prepared to backstop investors to get the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion built, even if Kinder Morgan, the project's original sponsor, wants to back out, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Tuesday. His comments sparked reaction from across the political spectrum. A selection of quotes: "Nothing the finance minister said today will ensure that the Trans Mountain expansion actually gets built. The Liberals still don't have a concrete plan of action to [Read more]
Saskatchewan seeks climate change funds, despite carbon tax objections
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government has applied for millions of dollars in federal funding to help fight climate change, even though the province admits it's ineligible because it has refused to sign onto Ottawa's carbon tax strategy. The province says in a statement that it submitted 11 projects totalling more than $200 million by Monday's deadline for consideration under the federal government's Low Carbon Economy Fund. It says the projects would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from [Read more]
Kinder Morgan CEO ‘appreciates’ feds’ offer to backstop higher pipeline cost
CALGARY - The CEO of Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. says he "appreciates" an announcement by Finance Minister Bill Morneau that the government will compensate investors in the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion if "unnecessary delays" cause costs to rise. Morneau says the government is willing to "provide indemnity" to any investors, be they the project's original architects or otherwise, to ensure the controversial Alberta-B.C. project is able to proceed. Kinder Morgan chief [Read more]
If Kinder Morgan bails, feds would back new Trans Mountain investors: Morneau
OTTAWA - If Kinder Morgan wants to abandon plans to build the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, there are plenty of other investors out there willing to take up the cause — and they will have the backing of the federal Liberal government, Finance Minister Bill Morneau says. The government is willing to "provide indemnity" to any investors, be they the project's original architects or otherwise, to ensure the controversial Alberta-B.C. project is able to proceed, Morneau told a news [Read more]
Saskatchewan wants Ottawa to get tough with B.C. over Trans Mountain pipeline
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is calling on the Prime Minister to get tough with British Columbia over its opposition to the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion. Moe says Justin Trudeau's Liberal government should withhold sending federal infrastructure money to B.C. He says it has been a month since Trudeau met with B.C. Premier John Horgan and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley in Ottawa and the federal government has not introduced legislation to help get the project [Read more]
Ottawa working behind the scenes to get Trans Mountain pipeline built: Trudeau
CALGARY - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there are some critics who will never be convinced that he's doing enough to ensure the Trans Mountain expansion project goes ahead, but he adds his government is working hard as a deadline imposed by pipeline builder Kinder Morgan fast approaches. "Let's be honest about these things. I don't think there is anything that I can say that would reassure some of my critics who have such little faith in my government getting anything done for Alberta," [Read more]
New Alberta parks create world’s largest boreal forest preserve: government
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it is creating the world's largest boreal forest preserve with new wildland parks in the province's northeast. The five new or expanded areas adjoining Wood Buffalo National Park along the province's northern boundary will add more than 13,000 square kilometres of forest, wetland, lakes and rivers. Together, they will make up an uninterrupted zone of protected land more than twice the size of Vancouver Island — 67,000 square kilometres. [Read more]
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