Conway’s Alberta oil sands trip canceled

Incoming White House counselor Kellyanne Conway has reportedly canceled a trip to Alberta’s oil sands region before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration this month.

Conway was slated to tour Alberta’s oil sands region and speak at a fundraiser Jan. 12 in Calgary, the Alberta Prosperity Fund announced in late November, before Conway was named for the incoming White House position.

The Alberta Prosperity Fund, a conservative group, released a statement Saturday saying the trip was “not possible at this time,” according to The Globe and Mail.

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“I can tell you that Ms. Conway’s office and our own have tried every option at our disposal to make this work and, unfortunately, a visit is just not possible at this time,” Alberta Prosperity Fund President Barry McNamar said.

The group said the fundraiser, slated to be held about a week before Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, had sold out in days and participants would receive a refund.

The group said that Conway’s visit had been met with a “groundswell of support from Canadian business leaders keen to show their support for what is widely viewed as a business and jobs-friendly administration,” according to the report.