(Source: Calgary Herald, May 17, 2019)
CALGARY — Premier Jason Kenney’s new government will cancel $3.7 billion worth of oil-by-rail contracts entered into by former premier Rachel Notley’s NDP government just weeks prior to calling the election with CN Rail, CP Rail and some other rail partners, a senior member of the premier’s staff confirmed Friday evening. The source says the government received legal opinions — from both government and external lawyers — stating that the Alberta government can break these recent contracts through legislation, particularly because Kenney warned the CEOs of Canada’s two largest railways in writing and publicly that he would not consider his government to be bound by a contract entered into by the NDP in an attempt to salvage its election chances.
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