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Originally Posted by Frequitude

Notley needs to hop on this hard to galvanize the rest of Canada against BC. “BC doesn’t care about the environment, just unconstitutional NIMBYism. They’re fine with shipping it across thousands of extra kilometres and 4 or 5 provinces to load on the east coast instead of right next door off their coast.”

Todays response,

Premier Rachel Notley told reporters Monday in Edmonton that B.C. and Ottawa officials are currently in talks to resolve what she has branded that province’s illegal, unconstitutional actions.

She’ll give the two governments space to talk, but they shouldn’t expect long.

“We’re not going to wait indefinitely,” Notley said.

B.C. has two choices, Notley said Monday.

It can either reverse its planned policy on bitumen, or it can “dig in their heels and pretend they’re a separate country with powers to make whatever laws they want, with no regard for the constitution or the view and rights of other communities.”

“We don’t seek an escalation, but if B.C. continues to insist that they have rights to attack Alberta’s economy that they don’t have, we will have no choice but to respond.”

When asked whether she thinks anything will change Horgan’s mind, Notley said he was elected not on a platform of stopping the $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, but on using all the tools at his disposal to try to do so.

“I’m suggesting that it should be a toolbox that’s legal, not a stolen toolbox,” Notley said.

“This is a critical moment for our country. We can either act as one nation with a common future committed to jobs, prosperity, social justice and a clean environment, or we can continue this unnecessary fight,” Notley said.

“The ball is in B.C.’s court.”

http://theprovince.com/news/politics...f-158cf8ca8afc