Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will announce her government’s next moves related to a new proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast on July 2.
Smith’s press secretary Sam Blackett said in a statement to The Epoch Times on June 30 that she would make a “major announcement” around the proposed pipeline to bring 1 million barrels of oil a day to British Columbia.
Along with a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by the federal government and Alberta on the proposed project in November 2025, Smith had pledged to submit Alberta’s pipeline plan to the Major Project’s Office (MPO) for expedited review by July 1, 2026. The plan includes commitments by Alberta to pair the proposed pipeline with a carbon capture project, and increase the province’s industrial carbon tax….