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CALGARY – In a dramatic change in tone, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley publicly blasted the federal government’s bill to overhaul the regulatory process for resource projects in Canada.

The premier has long been publicly aligned with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals on energy and environmental issues, including the imposition of carbon taxes and encouraging more renewable energy.

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But in front of a crowd of 1,500 people at the International Pipeline Conference on Tuesday, Notley took shots at the federal government’s Bill C-69, which would reorganize the arms-length National Energy Board into the Canadian Energy Regulator and establish a new Canadian Impact Assessment Agency for resource project reviews.

“We need to stop the regulatory merry-go-round, not supercharge it,” Notley said, adding the bill could result in longer regulatory timelines for pipelines and other resource projects.