{"id":198238,"date":"2019-01-18T04:18:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T09:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=198238"},"modified":"2019-01-18T04:18:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T09:18:37","slug":"alberta-spending-millions-to-promote-trans-mountain-oil-pipeline-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/18\/alberta-spending-millions-to-promote-trans-mountain-oil-pipeline-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta spending millions to promote Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_198239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198239\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/50078596_599067790534197_310386012192768000_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-198239\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/50078596_599067790534197_310386012192768000_n.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/50078596_599067790534197_310386012192768000_n.png 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/50078596_599067790534197_310386012192768000_n-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/50078596_599067790534197_310386012192768000_n-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The marketing campaign, Keep Canada Working, is aimed at getting people to support the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/keepcanworking\/photos\/rpp.430669220707389\/599067780534198\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/keepcanworking\/\">Keep Canada Working\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>EDMONTON &#8212; The Alberta government is spending $23.4 million to convince Canadians why a major oil pipeline project is needed.<\/p>\n<p>The marketing campaign, Keep Canada Working, is aimed at getting people to support the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.<\/p>\n<p>The project would triple the amount of oil that flows from Alberta to the B.C. coast for export and increase its value.<\/p>\n<p>The message is that Trans Mountain would boost Canada&#8217;s economy and support jobs across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The money is for television, radio, newspaper, internet and billboard ads.<\/p>\n<p>Premier Rachel Notley says the campaign is money well spent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a win to make sure that more Canadians understand it (Trans Mountain) better than maybe they did a few years ago,\u201d Notley said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is actually about the economic prosperity and security of Canadians from across this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alberta&#8217;s United Conservative Party Opposition says the market campaign is too late.<\/p>\n<p>Christine Wyatt, a party spokeswoman, says the NDP government should have promoted the merits of the project earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Court of Appeal quashed Ottawa&#8217;s approval of the project in August, citing the National Energy Board&#8217;s failure to examine how it would affect the ocean ecosystem, including endangered killer whales.<\/p>\n<p>It also found Canada failed to meaningfully consult with First Nations.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government, which purchased the project for $4.5 billion, ordered the energy board to review the concerns. A report is expected next month. (CTV Edmonton, The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDMONTON &#8212; The Alberta government is spending $23.4 million to convince Canadians why a major oil pipeline project is needed. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":198239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}