Alberta Premier Rachel Notley EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she’s disappointed with Ottawa’s lukewarm response to the province’s plan to ease oil bottlenecks by buying more rail cars. She says it’s simplistic to dismiss buying rail cars by saying they probably wouldn’t arrive until a pipeline expansion were already under construction. Alberta oil is currently selling at a discount of about $45 a barrel because of an oil glut due to a lack of pipeline capacity. Notley has proposed Ottawa invest in moving oil to market on rail cars in the meantime and as a hedge against future shipping problems. Notley says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who spent the day in Calgary on Thursday, left Alberta with a better idea of how crucial the issue is than when he arrived. She’s also thanking people who she says helped her make her point when they shut down part of a downtown Calgary street for a rally during Trudeau’s visit. Alberta could go ahead with the rail car purchase with or without the federal government, she said Friday after an announcement in Edmonton. “The government of Alberta will do what it needs to do, whether we do it by […]
