Ms. Notley has expressed disappointment with the Energy East decision, and the NEB's greenhouse gas test. But her government still insists that Alberta's climate leadership plan – which includes a carbon tax set to grow to $30 per tonne on Jan. 1, and a hard cap on oil sands emissions – is what gives Ottawa political cover in approving controversial projects such as the Kinder Morgan Inc. pipeline expansion from Alberta to the West Coast.
United Conservative Party leadership candidate Jason Kenney argues if Western Canada continues to be met with carbon taxes and tough climate regulations when trying to ship more oil domestically and abroad, Ms. Notley should take a more combative stance with Ottawa. This week he said her government should cancel a planned increased to her province's carbon tax next year.
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