Alberta's two main political rivals had opposing messages about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion during their election campaigns Monday.
NDP Leader Rachel Notley said she expects Ottawa to approve the expansion by the end of May, while United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney suggested Notley is in a "phoney fight" for pipelines.
"We are this close, this close to getting that pipeline back under construction. In fact, we expect an approval from the federal government by the end of next month." "To date, our teams have met with over 100 communities and are actively engaging in meaningful, two-way dialogue," she said in an emailed statement. "We are making important progress each week."
Notley said about seven in 10 Canadians now support the project because they understand it would support jobs and a strong economy. "Our premier is pretending," Kenney said. "The real fight of the NDP's life has been against the pipeline, against energy jobs, against oil and gas.""They opposed Northern Gateway. They folded on Energy East. They opposed Keystone XL. They did nothing to fight back against all these anti-energy Trudeau policies," he said. "But on Trans Mountain, they are really trying to pull the wool over our eyes about their phoney fight for pipelines.
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