Rachel Notley warns BC steel workers their jobs are at risk without Trans Mountain

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said it was "stupid" that the Canadian economy is losing millions of dollars a day because its province can not get its oil to the United States. global markets.

Notley understood his message about the importance of expanding the Trans Mountain Pipeline at a Steelworkers meeting in Kamloops, BC on Wednesday.

She warned them that jobs across the country – including their own – are under threat every day that the Trans Mountain project is not happening.

She has repeatedly said that she has often pointed out that a shortage of pipelines meant that most of Alberta's oil was shipped by rail or truck to the United States.

That means it's selling around $ 50 less a barrel than in the world markets.

"It's just silly."

Notley says it can not continue because it costs the Canadian economy more than $ 80 million a day, or $ 60,000 a minute.

"We have happily left billions of dollars to evaporate from our economy so that the Americans can seize it," she said Wednesday at a United Steelworkers union conference in the United States. Western Canada.

"It's just silly, it's silly, I can not be clearer than that," she said to the applause.

"It should be our money in our economy, it is not the American, it should be invested in Canadian priorities, not in border barriers and private prisons.

"But that's exactly what's happening right now."

"Tangible economic and community benefits"

Notley said the Trans Mountain Project would bring $ 400 million in construction activity to the Kamloops area alone, as well as $ 6 billion in additional revenue for the Government of British Columbia over 20 years.

"Is it wise to turn your back on the tangible economic and community benefits that Trans Mountain will bring to communities across Canada?"

This expansion would triple the amount of oil moving from oil sands from Alberta to BC from the coast and from there via oil tankers to global markets.

He faced strong opposition from British Columbia. government, First Nations and environmental groups. The federal government bought the line at Kinder Morgan earlier this year when the company expressed concerns about persistent delays.

In August, the Federal Court of Appeal overruled Trans Mountain's approval by the federal government. The court ruled that more consultation with First Nations was needed, as well as further study on the effects of increased tanker traffic.