Nearly three-quarters of Canadians describe pipelines as vital for Canada’s economic prospects, while slightly less than half are in favour of Alberta’s plan to build a new oil pipeline to the B.C. coast, a new poll suggests.
Forty-nine percent of nearly 4,100 Canadians surveyed by Leger this month expressed their support for the Alberta government’s proposal for a new oil pipeline that would link the province to the northwest coast of British Columbia to export Canadian energy to Asian markets.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced Oct. 1 that her government would submit a proposal to Ottawa’s Major Project Office (MPO) to build a new pipeline to tidewater. The MPO was created by the Mark Carney government to fast-track projects “deemed to be of national importance.”…