OPINION/Pipelines, pandemics and partisan infighting: Kenney trying to put troubles behind him

We knew we were about to get run over by a bus. We could see it coming. We even knew its number. But that didn’t make it any easier or less painful when it finally hit. Thus, when the Alberta government formally announced Wednesday it was “terminating its involvement” in the defunct Keystone XL pipeline project, Albertan taxpayers had every…

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OPINION/Kenney trying to explain, justify and bluster his way out of Keystone blunder

The only thing more predictable than President Biden revoking the pipeline’s permit was Premier Jason Kenney’s outrage. “This is a gut punch for the Canadian and Alberta economies,” said Kenney. “It is an insult directed at the United States’ most important ally and trading partner on Day One of a new administration.”

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OPINION | Kenney faces headache and humiliation as Biden prepares to kill Keystone XL

When word leaked this week that Joe Biden would pull the plug on the Keystone XL pipeline project the first day he’s sworn in as president, the only person who seemed shocked was Premier Jason Kenney. “We hope president-elect Biden will show respect for Canada and will sit down and at the very least talk to us,” said Kenney during an online…

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