Redford, Clark form group to resolve differences on energy exports

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. – Senior bureaucrats in Alberta and British Columbia have been tasked with thawing a frosty relationship between the two provinces around energy exports.

Alberta Premier Alison Redford and B.C. Premier Christy Clark emerged from a meeting of provincial premiers in Ontario to announce they have formed a working group led by the two top energy officials from each province.

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Alberta and B.C. are at odds over the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, which would ship oilsands crude from Alberta, across northern B.C. and onto tankers heading for Asia.

B.C. doesn’t support to project as it sits right now.

The government has a list of conditions on any future oil pipeline development through the province.

Both premiers stress that Gateway is not the only reason for the working group.