By The Canadian Press

Crude-by-Rail

Kenney working to offload crude-by-rail contracts

Jun 11, 2019 | 5:20 PM

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government has begun negotiations to try to offload crude-by-rail contracts signed by the former NDP government.

The United Conservative Party promised during the provincial election campaign to scrap the plan to lease 44-hundred rail cars to get more oil to market.

The party calls it a catastrophic mistake.

Kenney says his government is in confidential negotiations with the private sector about taking over the contracts.