Alberta cabinet’s first priority will be confronting oil barriers, threatening to stop shipments to B.C., Kenney says GlobeBusiness
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.
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