Quebec Premier Francois Legault speaks to media following his meeting with Ontario Premier Doug Ford, not shown, at Queens Park, in Toronto on Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young) It’s time for Quebec Premier Francois Legault to get off his high horse. That was the message from Premier Rachel Notley, who made the comments during a press conference to announce plans to build a new refinery for our oil. Why the strong message for the new Quebec leader? Well, he was less than hospitable when new New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs tried to do Alberta a solid, and sway Legault on the idea of restarting the Energy East pipeline project. Alberta oil is not “socially acceptable” in Quebec, Legault said. On the heels of Legault’s comments came word that Quebec would be getting a boost in Equalization payments, which, while not tied to our pipeline problems, is still seen as a thumb in our eye. Alberta’s finance minister, Joe Ceci, piped up and said what many here feel, that the program is not in Alberta’s interest. His Quebec counterpart piped up that it’s merely electoral politics at play. There are some legitimate beefs with the structure of […]
