Trade tiff: Alberta premier checking if Saskatchewan’s Wall breaking rules
RED DEER, Alta. — Cross-boundary political sniping between Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall has escalated over Wall’s attempt to poach oil and gas firms.
Wall’s government sent letters earlier this week to several Calgary-based energy companies offering them incentives to relocate to Saskatchewan. The government is offering to subsidize relocation costs, trim taxes and royalties and help find space in unused government buildings.
Notley on Thursday called Wall’s plan short-sighted and self-defeating. She said it probably breaks regional free-trade rules as well.
“The efforts of the province of Saskatchewan at this point likely do violate the New West Partnership as well as the (federal Agreement on Internal Trade),” Notley said in Red Deer where she was announcing a new courthouse.