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Alberta Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney says the wheels are in motion on his unite-the-right plan, with the goal of a new party and an elected leader in place a year from now.

Alberta's Progressive Conservative board of directors will meet with leader Jason Kenney today to map out a plan to work out a merger with the Wildrose party.

Notley didn't mention Trudeau by name, but touted the recent approval of pipelines and said the oilsands will power the global economy for generations to come.

A coalition of Quebec business organizations and large unions came out in defence of Energy East, while the leader of Alberta's Wildrose Party Brian Jean accused Coderre of meddling in the process.

Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci said at a press conference Tuesday that he has had to revise the projected deficit upward in his first−quarter fiscal update to almost $11 billion from $10.4 billion.

Members of Alberta's Wildrose Opposition compared the NDP government's carbon tax to a famine caused by Soviet government policies in Ukraine during the 1930s that killed millions of people.