Overview
- Alberta says it remains focused on a West Coast bitumen pipeline even as the unconfirmed federal fast-track list reported by CBC does not include the project.
- Premier Danielle Smith’s office says the province is negotiating an MOU that seeks carve-outs or overhauls of federal policies such as the West Coast tanker ban, the Impact Assessment Act and the electric-vehicle mandate.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney is slated to announce the next set of expedited nation-building projects in Terrace, B.C., which is viewed as a potential terminus for an Alberta oil pipeline.
- In September, Carney said a proposed carbon-capture project was under consideration for fast-tracking and described carbon capture as a necessary condition for any future new oil pipeline.
- British Columbia maintains opposition to a coastal pipeline, with Premier David Eby citing the absence of a private proponent, high public costs and continued Indigenous resistance, while the leaked list points to other priorities such as Ksi Lisims LNG and critical-minerals projects.