Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have signed a sweeping agreement to pave the way for building a new pipeline to the West Coast and to remove some Trudeau-era energy policies in exchange for additional emission-reduction commitments from the province.
Carney told reporters on Nov. 27 in Calgary that the agreement would create “an energy transition,” with the core of the agreement being to prioritize the building of a pipeline to B.C. to ship oil to Asia. He said this would make Canada “stronger, more independent, more resilient, more sustainable.”
The memorandum of understanding (MOU) pairs the pipeline project to the proposed Pathways Alliance carbon capture project. The terms of the agreement also commit Ottawa to potentially adjusting the West Coast tanker ban if a pipeline project is approved as a project of national interest under the Building Canada Act….