The news that Nebraska has approved an alternate route for the Keystone XL Pipeline is being praised throughout the Alberta Government.

Earlier today (November 20th), Premier Rachel Notley welcomed the news and hopes that more pipelines will be approved in the future.

"To be economically safe and more secure, to be more resilient in the face of inevitable ups and downs in the energy market, we must develop new markets and new customers. And to do this, we need to build a Canadian pipeline to the ocean."

Speaking at a lunch for the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto, Notley stood her ground on her government's Climate Leadership Plan and strategy to diversify the economy. Notley took aim at opposition critics who haven't always warmed up to the idea of pipelines for Alberta.

"[if] You still want to keep Alberta landlocked and stop us from diversifying our markets then please, give your head a shake. You can't pick and choose."

Many in the opposition including United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney have applauded the Keystone XL decision but are cautious over Notley's positivity to pipelines. Kenney says they have never heard Notley or her government vocally support the pipeline project since they were elected in 2015.

Nonetheless, Notley looks like she is putting her support to pipelines, believing that, in the end, they work with their economic plan.

"A new pipeline to tide water does not increase carbon emissions. The only thing that the pipeline contributes to is more economic prosperity for working Canadians in a stronger, more resilient national economy."

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