Premier Rachel Notley announced Sunday that the province will mandate a cut to oil production of 325,000 barrels per day in a bid to reduce a glut in storage and ease a massive price differential for western Canadian oil. There’s one thing to remember in the current flurry of activity from the NDP government regarding the oil-price crisis: Rachel Notley is every bit as responsible for this mess as Justin Trudeau. Is Notley doing more to alleviate the crisis? Sure. Since Trudeau is doing nothing and Notley is doing something, she is therefore doing more. Now. After the situation has reached emergency proportions. However, for her first three years in office, Notley rode in Trudeau’s hip pocket on energy and the environment. Notley imposed a carbon tax two years before Trudeau did. She opposed the Northern Gateway pipeline as vehemently as Trudeau did. When Trudeau rigged the environmental assessment process and effectively killed the Energy East pipeline, both the premier and the P.M. said it was “market forces” that were responsible, not their eco-fantasy policies. Even on Trans Mountain, Notley was Trudeau’s best bud until the end of August. When Justin bought the pipeline from Kinder Morgan just last […]
