The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion remains stuck in gridlock following a Sunday morning meeting between Premier John Horgan, Premier Rachel Notley and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The meeting between the three leaders was a last ditch effort to talk things out before Trudeau takes off for an international trip Sunday night.
According to B.C.91裸聊视频檚 premier, it didn91裸聊视频檛 produce any results.
91裸聊视频淲e continue to disagree on the question of moving diluted bitumen from Alberta to the Port of Vancouver,91裸聊视频� Horgan said following the meeting.
91裸聊视频淲e remain committed to ensuring we91裸聊视频檙e protecting our jurisdiction in this regard.91裸聊视频�
Kinder Morgan91裸聊视频檚 Trans Mountain expansion project would twin an existing oil pipeline that extends from central Alberta to the west coast.
The move has been the subject of a heated trade battle between B.C. and Alberta since January and has seen at Kinder Morgan work sites in Burnaby.
on the project last Sunday, saying that it couldn91裸聊视频檛 justify the cost of continuing construction as B.C.91裸聊视频檚 government fought the pipeline in court. The company said it would make a final decision on the pipeline by May 31.
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The deadline may be too short for the court system. Currently, B.C. and the City of Burnaby on whether it will consider a lower court decision that denied Burnaby leave to appeal a ruling by the National Energy Board.
Horgan said that the court challenge was the logical way to deal with jurisdictional conflicts and said that B.C. will 91裸聊视频渁bide91裸聊视频� by the court91裸聊视频檚 decision
In a separate case, the province still needs to submit a reference question to the courts about whether it has the jurisdiction to limit the transport of bitumen through B.C.
Jurisdiction has been a heated sticking point between B.C. and Ottawa, with Horgan turning to Quebec91裸聊视频檚 premier on the importance of asserting provincial jurisdiction.
. says there's been no agreement on despite a "very frank conversation" with +
91裸聊视频� Kat Slepian (@katslepian)
At a press conference following the meeting, Notley said that the 91裸聊视频渃onstitutional crisis91裸聊视频� B.C. is creating costs nearly $40 million a day.
She confirmed Alberta91裸聊视频檚 interest in financially backing the Trans Mountain expansion, even going so far as buying out the $7.4 billion project.
Notley called B.C.91裸聊视频檚 actions a 91裸聊视频渃onsidered attempt to create uncertainty91裸聊视频� and said Alberta won91裸聊视频檛 engage in 91裸聊视频渆soteric debates91裸聊视频� meant to 91裸聊视频渢o harass a project to death.91裸聊视频�
Horgan said that the 91裸聊视频渇ederal government laid out their plans91裸聊视频� in regards to moving the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion forward but deferred any questions on those plans to federal officials.
91裸聊视频淸Trudeau] said the federal government will moving with legislative and financial measures in the days ahead,91裸聊视频� Horgan said.
91裸聊视频淗e didn91裸聊视频檛 go into the details with me.91裸聊视频�
Horgan and Trudeau did agree to 91裸聊视频渁ddress the gaps91裸聊视频� in the $1.5 billion federal Ocean Protection Plan.
Horgan refuted the notion that Ottawa would punish B.C. financially for opposing the pipeline, saying that there were 91裸聊视频渘o threats, no intimidation91裸聊视频� from Trudeau in the closed-door 91裸聊视频渃ollegial meeting among peers.91裸聊视频�
Pipeline will go ahead: Ottawa
Speaking after his meeting with the duelling premiers, Trudeau insisted that the Trans Mountain pipeline would go through.
91裸聊视频淲e are going to get the pipeline built. It is a project in the national interest,91裸聊视频� Trudeau said, pointing out that the former B.C. government had initially approved the pipeline expansion.
The prime minister didn91裸聊视频檛 shy away from criticizing Horgan.
91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 think we would be in this current situation if the British Columbia government hadn91裸聊视频檛 continued to emphasize its opposition to the project,91裸聊视频� Trudeau said.
Trudeau declined to discuss the specifics of Ottawa91裸聊视频檚 proposed financial buy-in, saying only that the feds 91裸聊视频渉ave engaged in financial discussions with the Kinder Morgan.91裸聊视频�
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