B.C. premier says he won’t escalate trade dispute with Alberta over pipeline
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier John Horgan doesn’t intend to respond to any provocation from Alberta in the escalating trade dispute over the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Horgan said Wednesday it is not in anyone’s interests to fuel the spat between the two provinces.
“I hope that we would see the end of the back-and-forth,” he told a news conference in Victoria. “I deliberately wasn’t available to you yesterday because I don’t think it’s in anyone’s interests to have duelling premiers.”
The B.C. government is looking at restricting the expansion of bitumen through the province until it’s satisfied a spill can be cleaned up, which was countered by the threat of a lawsuit from Alberta along with a ban on B.C. wine imports.