By The Canadian Press

Provincial Election

On the campaign trail, April 9: Notley pitches to Feds; B.C willing to battle Kenney; Mandel to increase post-secondary spaces

Apr 9, 2019 | 3:17 PM

Notley fights Federal Bill C-48

Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley says the proposed federal tanker ban bill for British Columbia will impede her province’s efforts to get oil to new markets.

She says Bill C-48 is discriminatory and sets a double standard because Ottawa supports the liquid natural gas industry, as well as tankers on the St. Lawrence seaway and Newfoundland’s Hibernia oil project.

Notley’s comments came this morning during a video link from Calgary to senators in Ottawa discussing the bill.

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The legislation passed the House of Commons last spring and is now being debated in the Senate.

B.C. attorney general willing to take Kenney to court

B.C.’s attorney general says his province is prepared to go to court if Jason Kenney becomes Alberta’s next premier and turns the energy taps off to the West Coast.

David Eby made the comment after the UCP leader renewed his threat yesterday to use legislation to cut oil and gas shipments to B.C. if it continues its opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.

The Alberta NDP passed a bill last spring that directs truckers, pipeline companies and rail operators on how much product could be shipped and when, but the legislation has yet to be proclaimed.

Eby sent a letter to Alberta Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley last May in which he called the bill unconstitutional.

Mandel wants to create 45,000 new post-secondary spaces

Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel says he would retain the current cap on tuition and create 45,000 new post-secondary education spaces if he were premier.

Mandel says his government would add the spaces by 2024 at universities, colleges and technical institutes.

Consideration would be given to satellite campuses in underserved areas, and 3,000 of the spaces would be dedicated to Indigenous-led programs.

Mandel says more post-secondary opportunities are needed because 15% more high school students are expected to graduate in the next seven years.

He says the new spaces would be developed in consultation with post-secondary institutions.

Mandel says affordability of and accessibility to post-secondary studies need to be improved in Alberta.