No need to turn off the taps for now in Trans Mountain fight: premier

EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she sees no immediate need to turn off the oil taps to British Columbia now that the federal government is taking over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Notley says there is more certainty around the project than there has ever been and she doesn’t plan to use her province’s legislation to regulate the flow of oil exports for now.

The federal Liberal government announced this morning that it is spending $4.5 billion to buy Trans Mountain and all of Kinder Morgan Canada’s core assets.

In return, Kinder Morgan will go ahead with its $7.4-billion plan to twin the pipeline carrying oil from Alberta’s oilsands to the B.C. coast and from there to overseas markets.