Trouble in ‘Team Canada’ as B.C.’s deputy premier raises spectre of pipeline lawsuit

By Wolfgang Depner Rifts in “Team Canada” appear to be widening on the brink of a federal announcement on a potential pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast, with B.C.’s deputy premier even raising the prospect of legal action against the project. Asked if she expects B.C. to file a court challenge against the pipeline that Premier David Eby has derided as a “fictional” project, Attorney General Niki Sharma said Tuesday she was “staying tuned to see.” It’s the latest example of interprovincial sniping over the pipeline, with Eby dismissing it as a “communications exercise” from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Smith, meanwhile, has suggested that B.C. should get little say in the matter. She said Friday of B.C.’s opposition that “there was also a lot of sabre rattling in previous…

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