Alberta’s new premier urges Senate committee to scrap oil tanker ban bill
EDMONTON — Alberta’s new premier says the province will launch a constitutional challenge against a federal government bill to ban tankers off British Columbia’s northern coast if it goes ahead.
The Senate’s committee on transport and communications was in Edmonton Tuesday for a public hearing on Bill C-48.
Premier Jason Kenney said the bill represents a grave threat to the economic interests of Alberta and Canada.
“Not only do we disagree with Bill C-48 in its current form, we do not agree with the bill period,” he said.