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UCP Caucus Divided Over Pipeline Deal | Calgary News
Former Alberta MLA Drew Barnes is sounding the alarm, revealing that a significant chunk of the UCP caucus is quietly unhappy with Premier Danielle Smith’s new pipeline deal with Ottawa — a compromise that sidelines her preferred northern route and saddles Alberta with a higher carbon tax and billions for carbon capture. Barnes, once a party insider himself, says up to a third of the 47-member caucus shares his concerns, echoing fellow MLA Jason Stephan’s criticism that the deal is bad business and keeps Alberta under Ottawa’s thumb. With the political system making it hard for backbenchers…
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