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About 100 British Columbia business, labour and Indigenous leaders flew to Edmonton on Thursday to fight what they see as a crisis in confidence caused by the delay in the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

But while the delegation stood in solidarity with their Alberta counterparts to push for construction of the line, the visitors weren’t all comfortable with a new law that allows Alberta’s government to stop sending oil west if the project isn’t built.

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“I can say as a group the broad sentiment has been that the legislation passed by the provincial government is not helpful,” said Iain Black, president of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.

“I think it contributes to a narrative that we have to get past. We’re interested in seeing the natural resources sector … continue to thrive in a responsible manner.”

Val Litwin, president of the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, called the Alberta government’s latest move a concern in the face of Kinder Morgan’s May 31 deadline to restore shareholder confidence in the $7.4-billion project.