Former Alberta premier wades in to B.C. coast pipeline debate

Alberta is once again pitching a pipeline to B.C.’s coast, and a former Alberta premier is weighing in.

Jason Kenney was at the helm during a similar dispute back when they wanted to build the Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMX) expansion to tidewaters in Burnaby.

B.C.’s answer then was thanks but no thanks, and current B.C. Premier David Eby had a similar answer this week.

“I am being polite: there is no project, there is no bridge to cross, unless the Albertan government and the federal Canadian government are committing billions of taxpayer dollars to build this project,” Eby said.

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Kenney says Eby is risking Canada’s national unity, saying the NDP premier’s ideological opposition to p