Alberta Environment Minister Jason Nixon

By Canadian Press

Alberta revives “turn-off-taps” resources bill that sparked legal row with B.C.

May 25, 2021 | 5:07 PM

EDMONTON, AB – Alberta is reviving its so-called turn-off-the-taps legislation, but with a few changes.

Environment Minister Jason Nixon says a proposed bill with revisions would be retroactive to May 1, when the previous act expired following a two-year sunset clause.

The original legislation was crafted by Alberta’s former NDP government and proclaimed as the first act of Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative government in April 2019.

It was to be used as a last resort against British Columbia to restrict the flow of oil and gas to that province in a dispute sparked by B.C.’s reluctance to co-operate with construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

B.C. has since given in, but Alberta Environment Minister Jason Nixon says it’s prudent to have such legislation in case others seek to limit Alberta’s legal ability to develop its resources.

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The bill removes references to blocking refined fuels and instead asserts Alberta’s authority over its primary natural resources changes Nixon says bring the legislation more in line with constitutional protections.