Overview
- Premier Danielle Smith said talks with Prime Minister Mark Carney are very close to a breakthrough, with an announcement now expected before the end of November after the initial Grey Cup target slipped.
- Carney released a federal list of priority projects to be expedited that included no Alberta proposals, though he said discussions with the province are progressing and more updates are expected in the coming weeks.
- Smith is seeking a package that ties a bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast to a large carbon capture and storage commitment and revisions to the tanker ban, the emissions cap, the Impact Assessment Act and net-zero electricity rules.
- B.C. Premier David Eby dismissed the prospect of a heavy-oil line to the coast, citing the absence of a route, a private proponent and Indigenous consent, and calling Alberta’s pipeline talk disconnected from real projects.
- Public commentary remains sharply split, with a Calgary Sun letter accusing Carney of serving UN climate priorities and other local letters reflecting broader political friction around energy and development policy.