By Canadian Press

Members of Kenney’s UCP caucus nix NDP bid to seek details of failed Keystone XL deal

Jan 26, 2021 | 2:54 PM

EDMONTON – Members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s caucus have refused an Opposition NDP bid to make public details of Alberta’s $7.5-billion investment in the failed Keystone XL pipeline project.

The eight members of the governing United Conservative caucus unanimously rejected an NDP motion in public accounts committee Tuesday.

Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes is one of the eight members on the committee.

The motion was to seek from Kenney the details, along with any financial risk advice, he was given when he made the Keystone investment last March.

NDP energy critic Kathleen Ganley, who moved the motion, noted the UCP members voted it down without giving reasons.

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“I had hoped that some of them would have shown a deeper sense of duty to Albertans to be open, honest and transparent, but they failed on every front,” Ganley told reporters.

This is a party that claims to be transparent and responsible stewards of the public purse.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 26, 2021.

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