Dismissing calls for more independence for western Canada, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said he doesn’t believe Canada is currently experiencing a national unity crisis. He claimed Alberta and Saskatchewan are using concerns about western alienation to force the federal government’s hand in an attempt to garner more support for the petroleum industry. “And on that issue, my enthusiasm is obviously very limited,” he told reporters on Wednesday morning after meeting with Trudeau.
Those comments were not well-received in Alberta, where Kenney responded directly during a speech to an industry association in Calgary. “If you are so opposed to the energy that we produced in Alberta then why are you so keen on taking the money generated by the oilfield workers in this province and across western Canada?” he said. “You cannot have your cake and eat it too. Pick a lane.”
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