Alberta Tops BC in Court Battle Over Provincial Rights to Control Oil, Natural Gas Pipeline Flows
The Alberta government has won an epic court battle with its British Columbia (BC) counterpart over rights of oil- and natural gas-producing provinces to control pipeline flows.
The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal dismissed a BC lawsuit against a 2018 Alberta bill nicknamed the “turn-off-the-taps act,” formally titled the Preserving Canada’s Economic Prosperity Act. BC was also directed to pay costs of the two-year case.
The ruling overturned an injunction by the Federal Court of Canada trial division that blocked Alberta from using its contested bill to prevent BC from opposing the 590,000 b/d Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion (TMX) of its oil pipeline.