British Columbia Premier David Eby has signalled a lack of interest in a pipeline extending from Alberta to the northern coast of B.C., following Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s push for it at a recent first ministers meeting.
“It’s not my job to come in and tell Premier Smith that her vision for a north coast pipeline is many, many years off and there’s no proponent,” he told reporters in Osaka, Japan, during a trade mission to East Asia on June 3.
The premier added that his province already has a “massive taxpayer-owned pipeline,” saying there needs to be discussions “about maximizing value from that pipeline.” Eby was referencing the Trans Mountain pipeline, which carries crude and refined products from Edmonton to the B.C. coast. The federal government purchased the pipeline expansion project from Kinder Morgan in 2018 for $4.5 billion after the company abandoned the project, citing opposition in British Columbia….