NOTLEY: Premier Wall. . . 'just showboating'

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Alberta Premier Notley says Saskatchewan's Preem Wall is just 'showboating'

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By Matt Dykstra, Edmonton Sun

First posted: Thursday, July 16, 2015 02:23 PM MDT | Updated: Thursday, July 16, 2015 03:49 PM MDT

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is doing "a little bit of showboating" in his defense of Canada's oil and gas industry while refuting criticism that Alberta is leaving crucial energy decisions in the hands of eastern provinces.

The evolving political spat flared Thursday during Council of the Federation meetings in St. Johns, NL, after Wall told reporters Wednesday that no province should be holding up pipeline approvals based on environmental concerns and "maybe we need to have equalization payments start flowing through a pipeline to finally get one approved through Central Canada."

Notley, who recently said that Quebec's approval of TransCanada's Energy East pipeline partly hinges on Alberta's ability to get tough on climate change, rejected suggestions that she's opening the door to allowing other provinces to veto pipeline projects.

"You don't get things done by picking fights with people gratuitously. You do get things done by having good conversations so because I'm doing that does not, by any means, mean that I'm handing off anybody's responsibility or authority and to suggest so is simply ridiculous and a bit naive," said Notley in an interview with CBC News.

"Other premiers can do a little bit of showboating if that's what they want to do."

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