"Shipping crude by rail is something that the private sector is in the best position to do by itself," Kenney said Tuesday as he announced the scrapping of the NDP's arrangements. Kenney said details about the new contracts, of which there are roughly two dozen, cannot be released yet for reasons of commercial confidentiality. The Energy East pipeline project, which would have taken Alberta crude through Central Canada to ports and refineries in New Brunswick, was abandoned in 2017. Kenney said he worked to overcome concerns with the Keystone XL pipeline, which now has a presidential permit and would take more Alberta oil to terminals and refineries on the Gulf Coast. Kenney was critical of progressive Democrats who are seeking the presidential nomination — including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren — for promising to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline expansion.

Source: CBC News February 11, 2020 18:15 UTC