B.C Premier John Horgan and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley are involved in a standoff over the proposal, which threatens the expansion of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline. Christian Messmacher, a spokesperson for Evraz North America, suggested Thursday that there could be layoffs at the company's Regina plant if the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is halted. NDP is threatening those jobs with obstructionist attacks on the federally-approved Trans Mountain Pipeline. Evraz North America won the contract to produce approximately 275,000 tonnes of pipe for the Trans Mountain project in its Regina plant. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)Last year, Evraz won the contract to produce 257,000 tonnes of pipe for Trans Mountain at its Regina plant.

Source: CBC News February 09, 2018 17:52 UTC