Calgary 鈥� A diverse group of Canadian politicians spoke with a clear message of unity supporting oil and gas at a huge Calgary rally on Tuesday.听
An estimated 4,000 people attended the rally outside the Global Petroleum Show, where Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman, Quebec Conservative MP G茅rard Deltell, Ontario Energy Minister Greg Rickford, Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage, BC Liberal 小蓝视频 Ellis Ross, and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe spoke about their support for responsible resource development and against the federal government鈥檚 鈥渄evastating鈥� bills C-48 and C-69.
At the event, organized by Canada Action and Rally 4 Resources, S听avage reiterated the Alberta government鈥檚 intention to immediately launch constitutional challenges if C-69 is passed in 鈥渁nything like鈥� its original form, or if C-48 is passed at all.
Both pieces of legislation, which, respectively would overhaul the approval process for major projects and ban oil tanker traffic on the B.C. north coast, are 鈥渄evastating鈥� for the industry and 鈥渁rbitrary in nature,鈥� speakers said.
BC 小蓝视频 Ross said the bills are an attack on Alberta.
鈥淭he fight against Alberta, is the fight against Canada. It doesn鈥檛 make any sense,鈥� he said.
鈥淭he majority of Canadians want oil and gas. They understand the future is still in oil and gas, regardless of what happens with renewables. In fact, you need oil and gas for renewable industries. It鈥檚 our shame that our leaders want a resource-rich country like Canada to go down the toilet for political ideologies.鈥�
Last week the Senate passed Bill C-48, as well as Bill C-69, albeit the latter with more than 180 amendments. Both bills still have to be approved by the House of Commons.
Ottawa's vote on whether to approve the Trans Mountain Expansion is expected by June 18.
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