Alberta legislature passes unanimous motion against bills C-48, C-69 – JWN
May 27, 2019
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is touting a united “Team Alberta” as elected representatives across parties unanimously passed a motion condemning federal bills C-48 and C-69.
The proposed legislation, which would ban oil tanker traffic on the B.C. north coast and revamp the way major resource projects are reviewed, respectively, pose “a very real threat to hundreds of thousands of jobs in Alberta and across Canada, and the $16 trillion in economic potential within Alberta’s oilsands that could be lost if they proceed,” Kenney said in a statement on Friday.
The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications recently recommended that Bill C-48 not proceed, which Alberta says “was a major victory in the fight against this fatally flawed legislation and proof that Alberta’s fight-back strategy is beginning to work.”
