Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will continue rallying support for the energy industry at a meeting with provincial and territorial premiers in Saskatoon that begins today.
Mr. Kenney, who has made the energy file his top priority since he was elected in April, has been laying the groundwork for weeks. He met with Western and territorial premiers in Edmonton two weeks ago, where they agreed to press for more resource development. And earlier this week, Mr. Kenney hosted several prominent conservative premiers in Calgary, where they discussed their opposition to the carbon tax and opposition to the Trudeau government.
Mr. Bellegarde acknowledged the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is divisive but said his group isn’t taking a position. Instead, he says his top priority is that every affected Indigenous community is consulted. The meeting also happened the same day new polling was released that shows broad public support for the Trans Mountain project across the country.
The Nanos poll conducted for The Globe and Mail found 68 per cent of respondents across the country said they either support or somewhat support the decision, while 27 per cent were opposed. That support was the highest in the Prairies, where 84 per cent of respondents were in support, but there was also clear support in British Columbia and Quebec , where provincial governments have opposed new oil pipelines.
GlobeBC You mean a growing split with the Feds on a carbon tax that is NOT WORKING emissions have risen under Trudeau- we need innovation!!!!
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