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.sa国际传媒檚 premier, it didnsa国际传媒檛 produce any results.
sa国际传媒淲e continue to disagree on the question of moving diluted bitumen from Alberta to the Port of Vancouver,sa国际传媒� Horgan said following the meeting.
sa国际传媒淲e remain committed to ensuring wesa国际传媒檙e protecting our jurisdiction in this regard.sa国际传媒�
Kinder Morgansa国际传媒檚 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 couldnsa国际传媒檛 justify the cost of continuing construction as B.C.sa国际传媒檚 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 sa国际传媒渁bidesa国际传媒� by the courtsa国际传媒檚 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 Quebecsa国际传媒檚 premier on the importance of asserting provincial jurisdiction.
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At a press conference following the meeting, Notley said that the sa国际传媒渃onstitutional crisissa国际传媒� B.C. is creating costs nearly $40 million a day.
She confirmed Albertasa国际传媒檚 interest in financially backing the Trans Mountain expansion, even going so far as buying out the $7.4 billion project.
Notley called B.C.sa国际传媒檚 actions a sa国际传媒渃onsidered attempt to create uncertaintysa国际传媒� and said Alberta wonsa国际传媒檛 engage in sa国际传媒渆soteric debatessa国际传媒� meant to sa国际传媒渢o harass a project to death.sa国际传媒�
Horgan said that the sa国际传媒渇ederal government laid out their planssa国际传媒� in regards to moving the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion forward but deferred any questions on those plans to federal officials.
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sa国际传媒淗e didnsa国际传媒檛 go into the details with me.sa国际传媒�
Horgan and Trudeau did agree to sa国际传媒渁ddress the gapssa国际传媒� 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 sa国际传媒渘o threats, no intimidationsa国际传媒� from Trudeau in the closed-door sa国际传媒渃ollegial meeting among peers.sa国际传媒�
Pipeline will go ahead: Ottawa
Speaking after his meeting with the duelling premiers, Trudeau insisted that the Trans Mountain pipeline would go through.
sa国际传媒淲e are going to get the pipeline built. It is a project in the national interest,sa国际传媒� Trudeau said, pointing out that the former B.C. government had initially approved the pipeline expansion.
The prime minister didnsa国际传媒檛 shy away from criticizing Horgan.
sa国际传媒淚 donsa国际传媒檛 think we would be in this current situation if the British Columbia government hadnsa国际传媒檛 continued to emphasize its opposition to the project,sa国际传媒� Trudeau said.
Trudeau declined to discuss the specifics of Ottawasa国际传媒檚 proposed financial buy-in, saying only that the feds sa国际传媒渉ave engaged in financial discussions with the Kinder Morgan.sa国际传媒�
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