Kenney has long called for the Senate to kill the bill outright, while Notley described the Liberal proposals as a "stampede of stupid." The letter, obtained by CBC News, says Bill C-69 "in its unamended form would seriously threaten Alberta's exclusive provincial jurisdiction over the regulation of the production of non-renewable natural resources." Harder said the Senate should pass the bill as amended and send it back to the Commons where the government can decide on which amendments to Bill C-69 it is willing to accept. Environmental groups have slammed the Senate's amendments as a cut-and-paste job lifted from material submitted by oil industry lobbyists. Only days after he was elected premier in Alberta's April election, Kenney appeared before the Senate's energy committee, where he urged senators to make major changes to Bill C-69.

Source: CBC News May 23, 2019 21:22 UTC