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Alberta Premier Rachel Notley speaks to cabinet members in Edmonton Monday about an 8.7-per-cent oil production cut to help deal with low prices. (Jason Franson/Canadian Press) Alberta Premier Rachel Notley took shots at Ottawa as she addressed her cabinet Monday before a meeting where Alberta’s newly announced oil production cuts were approved. "We need them to toss the half-hearted statements away," Notley told her ministers. "We don’t actually need Ottawa’s sympathy. We need Ottawa’s full attention. We need them to step up and help us bring an end to this crisis." Notley’s remarks reflected her frustration over what she thinks is inaction by federal government on getting Alberta crude to the west coast. Temporary production cut On Sunday, she announced a temporary 8.7-per-cent cut in the production of raw crude and bitumen starting Jan. 1, 2019. The measure is aimed at closing the oil price differential, which the government says is costing the Canadian economy more than $80 million a day. Cabinet approved the measures, giving Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd the power to direct the Alberta Energy Regulator to enact the production cuts. The amount will be revisited each month to ensure the province isn’t cutting production more than […]
