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Notley ratcheted up the rhetoric Wednesday in a video released via social media just before Horgan’s news conference.

“B.C.’s campaign to stop Alberta from exporting our energy products is wrong, and it requires a clear and unequivocal response,” Notley said.

“No one wants a trade fight between two provinces, not Alberta, not B.C., not Canada. Our country can’t work like this, but if it takes this kind of action to get Ottawa to act I’m afraid we have no choice but to stand up and defend Alberta’s interests. In the coming days the government of Alberta will be closely monitoring the situation and preparing further action.”

Horgan said he thinks Notley’s reaction has been “over the top.”

“With respect to escalation, that’s entirely in the hands of Premier Notley, not me,” he said. “I’m not responding in any other way than to say I’m defending B.C.’s wine industry.”

“Certainly I would hope that we’ve seen the end of the back and forth,” added Horgan. “What Alberta does is entirely up to them.”

B.C.’s wine industry says the retail value of the sector in Alberta is $160 million and approximately 30 per cent of wine sold in Alberta is produced or bottled in B.C.

Horgan also faced criticism from Kinder Morgan, which sent him a strongly-worded letter outlining the numerous studies underway on oil spills, reminding him the previous B.C. government already endorsed the project, explaining that the pipeline is federal jurisdiction, and warning that proposed restrictions would “strike directly at the heart of our country’s oil and natural gas producers.”