By Lucas Meyer and Justin Slimm, 660 News, Calgary
Talks between Alberta and Ontario over the Energy East pipeline are positive according to Premier Rachel Notley.
Following a meeting with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne Thursday, Notley told reporters the two had a very good discussion and about energy infrastructure as a whole.
“I made the case that the ability to diversify our markets for the energy industry in Alberta is not only good for the energy industry in Alberta, but it’s good for the Canadian economy as a whole,” she said. “We talked about how we could reframe the debate so that we’re able to talk about the specific economic and environmental merits of a pipeline, as opposed to a whole bunch of other stuff.”
Notley also mentioned Wynne will be leading a business mission of her own in Alberta in the months to come.
“It appears it’s been at least six or seven years since a premier from Ontario has come on an inter-provincial trade mission to Alberta bringing businesses with them,” she said. “So we’ll be having our officials work together to gather up businesses and to have them come to Alberta so they can learn about the many investment opportunities that exist.”
Notley was also asked about Kinder Morgan pipeline and what leads her to believe that Delta would be a good end point for the project.
She said her focus will continue to be making better decisions about the economic and environment merits of any project.
“I’m not the operator of the pipeline, so I’m going to let those people make their decisions about the path that they want to take, but ultimately I do believe that it is in the best interest of all Canadians that we find a way to get a pipeline to tidewater,” she said.
As for TransAlta agreeing to pay $56 million for price fixing, Notley said the government will let the Alberta Utilities Commission evaluate the situation independently.
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