Alberta Premier Danielle Smith reacted to federal cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault’s comments about Canada not needing new pipelines, a day after Prime Minister Mark Carney said they could be built if there is a consensus.
Before the first meeting of the new federal cabinet on May 14, Guilbeault said there is no reason to build new pipelines if the government-owned Trans Mountain pipeline is only operating at 40 percent capacity. He added global demand for oil is estimated to peak by 2028–2029.
Later that day, Smith issued a statement saying that Trans Mountain is “already close to capacity.” She also said demand for bitumen, or oil sands produced in Alberta, would keep growing to replace declining conventional U.S. oil fields….