Overview
- CHEK, citing CBC, reported a federal–Alberta memorandum/framework was agreed just hours after Premier David Eby said the prime minister told him nothing was finalized.
- Eby called B.C.'s exclusion unacceptable and said any talks must include Coastal First Nations, arguing the proposal lacks a defined route and a private proponent.
- Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said Ottawa will speak to B.C. in short order and noted the province has many major projects under review for fast‑tracking.
- Reports say the framework contemplates exemptions to the coastal tanker moratorium and adjustments to clean‑energy and emissions rules in exchange for Alberta bolstering its industrial carbon tax and advancing the Pathways carbon capture project.
- B.C. Energy Minister Adrian Dix downplayed the reports, stressing an MOU is not a funded project and reiterating there is no identified route, market, or private backer; Eby also floated a ban or cap on public funds or a matching major federal investment for B.C.