Reeling from oil price war, pandemic fears, Kenney says Alberta will press Ottawa for relief measures

'Nothing can inoculate us completely against this latest global pandemic, or against the folly of states compounding this economic damage by choosing this worst-possible moment to launch a global oil-price war,' Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, pictured in this file photograph, says he will be calling on the feds to develop specific measures for Alberta as it contends with the collapse of oil prices. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

March 12, 2020

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney called for politicians to “park our parochial and partisan interests” on Thursday, while offering a preview of the measures his government will be petitioning Ottawa for as his province contends with the fallout of the coronavirus pand...

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