UCP tables strengthened legislation giving energy minister authority to turn off the taps
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Protecting Albertans’ energy resources
Alberta’s government has tabled legislation to further protect Albertans’ interests in the energy resources they own.
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Preserving Canada’s Economic Prosperity Act would replace the previous act with the same name and provide the Minister of Energy the authority to restrict the export of crude oil and natural gas from Alberta.
If passed, the act will give Alberta’s democratically elected government the ability to fight back against jurisdictions that seek to block Alberta’s exports.
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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney plans to reintroduce so-called turn-off-the-taps legislation that could limit oil exports to other provinces after an existing bill came out of force last week.
The Preserving Canada’s Economic Prosperity Act was the first piece of legislation proclaimed by Kenney’s UCP government in 2019 after the previous NDP government introduced it in 2018 but did not bring it into effect.
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It was meant to give Alberta more control over the export of its crude oil in the middle of a bitter dispute between Alberta and B.C. over the TransMountain pipeline expansion (TMX), a project that has since proceeded.