104 - Turning off the Taps is a Fraught Endeavor

Published: July 10, 2019, 1 p.m.

During the recent Alberta provincial election campaign, I heard this rallying cry to “shut off the taps” — to cut the flow of oil through the pipeline that supplies British Columbia. I don’t believe in using energy supply as an economic weapon, but BC and the federal government are slowly freezing Alberta’s economy. It is clearly time for Alberta, BC and the Federal Government to find a compromise, or risk an escalation in tap warfare.

Duration: 10m 58s