Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith say the proposed oil pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia does not have to go to B.C.’s northwest coast, as they are open to exploring alternate pipeline routes.
Alberta and Ottawa signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Nov. 27, 2025, establishing a framework to explore the development of one or more privately financed oil pipelines to Canada’s West Coast, potentially capable of transporting up to one million barrels of Alberta bitumen per day to Asian markets.
The agreement also removes some Trudeau-era energy policies, such as potentially adjusting the oil tanker ban off of B.C.’s northwest coast, to allow oil to be shipped to Asia via tankers, in exchange for emission-reduction commitments from Alberta….