Notley pleads with political friends, foes to support Alberta pipeline projects
OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is warning all political parties to take off their partisan blinders or both the environment and Canada’s energy industry will fail.
Notley was in Ottawa this week as part of a campaign to build support for pipeline expansions. In a speech at the Economic Club of Canada and a roundtable discussion with The Canadian Press, she pleaded with political friends and foes alike to work with her.
“You know that this issue transcends political divides,” the NDP premier said.
She said the federal Liberals may get credit for approving Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, but now they have to sell their decision to a skeptical public in British Columbia.