Overview
- MPs voted 196–139 to reject a non‑binding Conservative motion seeking House support for a West Coast bitumen pipeline and an adjustment to the federal tanker ban.
- The Conservatives amended their motion to include parts of the Nov. 27 federal–Alberta accord on carbon capture and consultations, but Liberals, the NDP and the Bloc still opposed it.
- Liberal ministers called the motion a political stunt, while Calgary MP Corey Hogan said the government supports the MOU in full but not a vote that sidelines environmental conditions and consultations.
- Minutes after the federal vote, the Alberta legislature unanimously endorsed the Carney–Smith MOU, framing it as a step toward a potential pipeline with Indigenous co‑ownership opportunities.
- Coastal First Nations leaders reiterated opposition to weakening the tanker moratorium, with Gitga’at leaders meeting Alberta’s Indigenous relations minister and Haida and Coastal representatives attending the Ottawa debate, as no private proponent has publicly emerged.