The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday edition that Premier Rachel Notley says she is listening to
energy producers. The Globe's Justin Giovannetti writes that Ms. Notley says: "There's the potential for us to
build legislation that will really
make us a national leader. There once was a time
when Alberta was a leader -- I
think we could be again."
Ms. Notley plans to increase
corporate and personal income
taxes, draft a new
climate-change strategy and commence
a review of
energy royalties.
She has also taken over the Canadian
discussion on minimum
wage, announcing plans to set a
floor of $15 per hour by 2018.
"We need to be doing more
upgrading of our product before
we ship it offshore. I'd
like to see more of that upgrading
here, but maybe it doesn't all
need to be done in Alberta. I
don't think that can be separate
from our obligation to deal with
the citizens of the country who
are legitimately concerned about
our environmental record." Ms. Notley's critics in
Alberta have criticized
her for refusing to back Enbridge's
Northern Gateway or
TransCanada's Keystone XL pipelines. She does support one
pipeline project to transport
Alberta's oil to British Columbia's
coast.
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