‘Stop the regulatory merry-go-round:’ Alberta ministers to fight C-69 in Ottawa
CALGARY — Alberta cabinet ministers are heading to Ottawa to push for changes to federal legislation that would overhaul energy project reviews.
Premier Rachel Notley said Tuesday that Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd and Environment Minister Shannon Phillips will make Alberta’s case to the Senate that Bill C-69 needs to be fixed.
“We need to stop the regulatory merry-go-round, not supercharge it,” she said in a speech to the International Pipeline Conference. “We need to improve our competitive position, not make it harder to get things built.”
The bill, which is still under consideration in the Senate, would create a new Impact Assessment Agency and replace the National Energy Board with the Canadian Energy Regulator.