B.C. Premier David Eby said a Jan. 28 meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was “civil” in tone but that his opposition to a proposed oil pipeline from Alberta to B.C.’s north coast hasn’t changed.
The trilateral meeting is the first since Carney and Smith signed a Nov. 27 memorandum of understanding (MOU), which included the proposal for one or more oil pipelines from Alberta to the B.C. coast, scrapping or relaxing various Trudeau-era energy regulations, and “adjustments” to the oil tanker ban on B.C.’s north coast as necessary.
Eby said the meeting was “borderline friendly,” while Smith said the meeting was “productive” and that she and Eby found areas of “shared priority” on issues including electricity interties, development of liquefied natural gas, and expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline….