YELLOWKNIFE—Alberta has refused to endorse the official statement stemming from the western premiers meeting in Yellowknife because it didn’t include support for the Trans Mountain pipeline. That’s what I came here to do,” said Alberta deputy premier Sarah Hoffman, who was attending the meeting Wednesday in place of Premier Rachel Notley. That’s what I came here to do,” said Hoffman, who was attending the meeting Wednesday in place of Premier Rachel Notley. Notley has argued that the lack of a pipeline is taking $40 million a day out of the Canadian economy. Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister didn’t express his direct support for the pipeline, but said free trade between the provinces is important.

Source: thestar May 23, 2018 23:03 UTC