Alberta judge denies B.C.’s bid to block ‘Turn Off the Taps’ bill
CALGARY – A Calgary judge has denied British Columbia’s attempt to
block Alberta legislation that would allow that province to stop oil
shipments to the coast.
block Alberta legislation that would allow that province to stop oil
shipments to the coast.
In a decision released Friday on the so-called Turn Off the Taps bill,
Queen’s Bench Justice Robert Hall said that B.C. doesn’t have the right
to take Alberta to court in Alberta over legislation passed by the
Alberta legislature.
“The only parties with standing to bring this action in this court are
the (Attorney General of Alberta) and the (Attorney General of Canada),”
Hall wrote in his decision.