Alberta’s carbon tax bringing Canada closer to new pipeline, Notley says
Canadians are closer to seeing a new pipeline built in this country than at any point in the past year, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said on Tuesday, days before she marks her first year in office.
The Premier has expressed support in recent weeks for three proposed pipelines that would link Alberta’s oil sands to the Atlantic Ocean, northern B.C.’s Pacific coast and an export terminal near Vancouver. One of those projects, the Northern Gateway pipeline from Edmonton to Kitimat, B.C., had seemed stalled before Ms. Notley told The Globe and Mail last week that she was dropping her opposition.
On Tuesday, she said that Canada was “absolutely” closer to a new pipeline due to her province’s new carbon tax.
Responding to Ms. Notley’s remarks, federal Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr agreed: “By virtue of the fact that there’s more certainty and clocks are ticking on approval processes, we are closer to a decision, that’s true,” he said.
Along with stricter climate rules in Alberta, Ms. Notley said that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet better understands the importance of building pipelines for Canada’s economy. She said that includes accepting her view that the environment can be protected while also building new energy infrastructure.
“I think their understanding of the relatedness of the health of Alberta’s energy industry to the health of the national economy has grown,” she said on Tuesday from the provincial legislature in Edmonton.
Ms. Notley will bring a similar message to Washington on Wednesday, when she intends to tell American officials and opinion makers that Alberta has changed. With a new economy-wide carbon tax taking effect next year and a legislated cap on the size of carbon emissions from the oil sands, she said U.S. groups need to revisit opposition to the province’s energy sector.
Alberta’s carbon tax bringing Canada closer to new pipeline, Notley says - The Globe and Mail
Canadians are closer to seeing a new pipeline built in this country than at any point in the past year, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said on Tuesday, days before she marks her first year in office.
The Premier has expressed support in recent weeks for three proposed pipelines that would link Alberta’s oil sands to the Atlantic Ocean, northern B.C.’s Pacific coast and an export terminal near Vancouver. One of those projects, the Northern Gateway pipeline from Edmonton to Kitimat, B.C., had seemed stalled before Ms. Notley told The Globe and Mail last week that she was dropping her opposition.
On Tuesday, she said that Canada was “absolutely” closer to a new pipeline due to her province’s new carbon tax.
Responding to Ms. Notley’s remarks, federal Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr agreed: “By virtue of the fact that there’s more certainty and clocks are ticking on approval processes, we are closer to a decision, that’s true,” he said.
Along with stricter climate rules in Alberta, Ms. Notley said that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet better understands the importance of building pipelines for Canada’s economy. She said that includes accepting her view that the environment can be protected while also building new energy infrastructure.
“I think their understanding of the relatedness of the health of Alberta’s energy industry to the health of the national economy has grown,” she said on Tuesday from the provincial legislature in Edmonton.
Ms. Notley will bring a similar message to Washington on Wednesday, when she intends to tell American officials and opinion makers that Alberta has changed. With a new economy-wide carbon tax taking effect next year and a legislated cap on the size of carbon emissions from the oil sands, she said U.S. groups need to revisit opposition to the province’s energy sector.
Alberta’s carbon tax bringing Canada closer to new pipeline, Notley says - The Globe and Mail
