The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion remains stuck in gridlock following a Sunday morning meeting between Premier John Horgan, Premier Rachel Notley and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The meeting between the three leaders was a last ditch effort to talk things out before Trudeau takes off for an international trip Sunday night.
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Kinder Morgan香蕉视频直播檚 Trans Mountain expansion project would twin an existing oil pipeline that extends from central Alberta to the west coast.
The move has been the subject of a heated trade battle between B.C. and Alberta since January and has seen at Kinder Morgan work sites in Burnaby.
on the project last Sunday, saying that it couldn香蕉视频直播檛 justify the cost of continuing construction as B.C.香蕉视频直播檚 government fought the pipeline in court. The company said it would make a final decision on the pipeline by May 31.
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The deadline may be too short for the court system. Currently, B.C. and the City of Burnaby on whether it will consider a lower court decision that denied Burnaby leave to appeal a ruling by the National Energy Board.
Horgan said that the court challenge was the logical way to deal with jurisdictional conflicts and said that B.C. will 香蕉视频直播渁bide香蕉视频直播� by the court香蕉视频直播檚 decision
In a separate case, the province still needs to submit a reference question to the courts about whether it has the jurisdiction to limit the transport of bitumen through B.C.
Jurisdiction has been a heated sticking point between B.C. and Ottawa, with Horgan turning to Quebec香蕉视频直播檚 premier on the importance of asserting provincial jurisdiction.
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At a press conference following the meeting, Notley said that the 香蕉视频直播渃onstitutional crisis香蕉视频直播� B.C. is creating costs nearly $40 million a day.
She confirmed Alberta香蕉视频直播檚 interest in financially backing the Trans Mountain expansion, even going so far as buying out the $7.4 billion project.
Notley called B.C.香蕉视频直播檚 actions a 香蕉视频直播渃onsidered attempt to create uncertainty香蕉视频直播� and said Alberta won香蕉视频直播檛 engage in 香蕉视频直播渆soteric debates香蕉视频直播� meant to 香蕉视频直播渢o harass a project to death.香蕉视频直播�
Horgan said that the 香蕉视频直播渇ederal government laid out their plans香蕉视频直播� in regards to moving the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion forward but deferred any questions on those plans to federal officials.
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Horgan refuted the notion that Ottawa would punish B.C. financially for opposing the pipeline, saying that there were 香蕉视频直播渘o threats, no intimidation香蕉视频直播� from Trudeau in the closed-door 香蕉视频直播渃ollegial meeting among peers.香蕉视频直播�
Pipeline will go ahead: Ottawa
Speaking after his meeting with the duelling premiers, Trudeau insisted that the Trans Mountain pipeline would go through.
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The prime minister didn香蕉视频直播檛 shy away from criticizing Horgan.
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Trudeau declined to discuss the specifics of Ottawa香蕉视频直播檚 proposed financial buy-in, saying only that the feds 香蕉视频直播渉ave engaged in financial discussions with the Kinder Morgan.香蕉视频直播�
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