Alberta has lifted its ban on BC wine, at least for the moment. That’s because BC Premier John Horgan put aside his threat to limit Alberta’s ability to ship oilsands bitumen by pipeline to the West Coast. Minutes later Alberta Premier Rachel Notley lifted her government’s retaliatory boycott against B.C. wine. Notley said she felt Horgan had blinked but some say the blink was kind of squinty-eyed. That’s because Horgan did not disavow the oil embargo, he merely referred it to the courts.
