Unicorns and pipelines: Notley and enviro-activist square off on Trans Mountain
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, with her arch pipeline foe sitting just a few feet away in the front row, compared Trans Mountain protesters Saturday to dewy-eyed unicorn jockeys from Salt Spring Island, B.C.
“I would say to those who oppose our fight to build this pipeline, that they are being extremely foolish,” Notley said in a speech to a teachers convention.
“Maybe on Salt Spring Island you can build an economy on condos and coffee shops, but not in Edmonton and not anywhere in Alberta.
“Here in Alberta, we ride horses — not unicorns — and I invite pipeline opponents to saddle up on something that is real.”