US EditionAlberta Premier Smith says Ottawa is dodging responsibility for pipeline decision
The pipeline aims to create 23,700 jobs annually and add $3.9 billion to Alberta's GDP but requires approval from British Columbia and Indigenous communities first.
- Premier Danielle Smith's office says the decision to build a pipeline lies solely with Prime Minister Mark Carney and the federal government.
- Adrian Dix, B.C.'s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions, says his government has been able to secure major private-sector investments by working with First Nations.
- An online survey conducted this week by the Angus Reid Institute suggests a majority of Canadians surveyed — 59 per cent — support a pipeline from northern Alberta to the northwest B.C. coast.
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Energy Minister Says Alberta’s Pipeline Proposal Needs BC Support to Move Forward
The oil pipeline proposal currently being developed by Alberta will need the backing of B.C.’s government and First Nations along the pipeline route for it to be built, federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson says. Alberta announced Oct. 1 that it would take the lead in crafting a pipeline proposal, with expertise and input from industry leaders, and submit the plan to the federal Major Projects Office (MPO) no later than May of next year. The MPO w…
Energy minister says Alberta needs B.C. approval for pipeline
Source: FacebookAuthor: Walid TamtamCanada’s energy minister says Alberta cannot move ahead with its proposed westbound pipeline without the support of British Columbia, after weeks of both western premiers clashing over a Pacific pipeline project.Energy Minister Tim Hodgson told the Senate on Wednesday that any future pipeline linking Alberta’s oil sands to the Pacific Coast will depend on cooperation between the provinces that are in conflict …
Alberta government’s pipeline proposal reveals truth nature of oil and gas opponents
From the Fraser Institute By Kenneth P. Green Earlier this month, when Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced that her government, in conjunction with major players in the oilsands, would propose a pipeline to carry Alberta’s products to tidewater off Canada’s west coast, she may have called the Carney government’s bluff (and the bluff of any other government that might be bluffing about pipelines). In June, the Carney government passed Bill…
Ottawa Takes Backseat Role in Alberta-BC Pipeline Dispute
Canada’s energy minister says the federal government will serve as a “constructive participant” in discussions over Alberta’s proposed northern pipeline, placing responsibility on the two provinces to reach agreement on the contentious project. Tim Hodgson told senators Thursday that Alberta must gain British Columbia’s support and secure backing from Indigenous communities before the pipeline can […]
Pipeline Push - Majority of Canadians, including B.C. residents support the idea of a pipeline to the north coast
A pipeline-related spat is playing out on social feeds in real time as B.C. Premier David Eby and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith send volleys back and forth about the value and risk of a pipeline from. . .
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