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Why is the Province of B.C. suing Alberta?

To keep getting Alberta oil.

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Which B.C. is also suing to not get.

The bitter irony could make your head pop right off. Premier Rachel Notley sums it up as well as anyone.

“On one hand they don’t want our oil, on the other hand they’re suing us to give them our oil,” she said at a news conference Tuesday.

The lawsuit, which asks Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench to declare Bill 12 invalid, stresses how important Alberta oil and gas are to B.C.

Just passed, that law gives the Notley government power to restrict shipments of oil and refined products — gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel — across the border.

B.C. finally seems to realize it has a bit of a problem here. The lawsuit says:

“A significant disruption in the supply of gasoline, diesel and crude oil from Alberta to British Columbia would cause British Columbia irreparable harm.

“In addition to economic harm, a sudden disruption in supply could injure human health and safety in remote communities.”