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If Alberta turns off the taps, B.C. won’t be the only victim GlobeBC

Alberta premier-designate Jason Kenney intends to enact Bill 12, Preserving Canada’s Economic Prosperity Act, on April 30. If he uses it to shut off the taps on fuel to British Columbia, it could have huge implications for B.C.’s economy.On the campaign trail, he played to voter resentment over B.C.’s opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline. He promised to drive up fuel prices on the Lower Mainland by enacting Bill 12 in the first hour of his new government.

Alberta provides at least two-third’s of the fuel that British Columbians consume. Even if B.C. can make up some supply by importing from another jurisdiction, such as Washington State, there are likely going to be bruising hikes at the gas pumps, which will impact not just motorists, but the broader economy.

That contraction would not be limited to B.C., though. If the Alberta government bans shipments of its fuel products to B.C., that product just can’t be shipped elsewhere. Alberta’s shipping capacity is choked in every direction. A ban would not be welcomed by the petroleum producers of Alberta and they would be generating less revenue for Mr. Kenney’s government.To date, the B.C.

In court documents filed last May in Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench, lawyers for B.C. argued that Alberta’s Bill 12 is expressly designed to punish British Columbia for its opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline project – a form of discrimination that it says is prohibited by the Constitution. Alberta could put a toll on the gas pipelines that flow from B.C.’s gas producers to link to Alberta and markets beyond or target B.C. wineries again. B.C. could ban Alberta beef.

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