Canada’s Oil Heartland Heads to Polls With Carbon Taxes at Risk
- Conservative leader Kenney poised to defeat Premier Notley
- Kenney vows to fight Trudeau’s carbon tax, push for pipelines
Jason Kenney, leader of the United Conservative Party, arrives at a campaign rally in Calgary.
Photographer: Todd Korol/BloombergVoters in the Canadian province of Alberta, home to the world’s third-largest oil reserves, head to the voting booth today in a divisive election that could have wide-ranging implications for the country’s environmental policy and global energy markets.
Polls have consistently shown that United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney is on track to unseat center-left New Democratic Party Premier Rachel Notley. Recent surveys show his lead narrowing, with the UCP at 47 percent support, to 38 percent for the NDP, according to poll tracking by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. The CBC projects 63 seats for the Conservatives, to 23 for the NDP. Polls close at 8 p.m. Calgary time.