Pipeline Agreement Draws Mixed Reaction in Alberta as Questions Remain over Route, Investors and Climate Concessions

Environmental advocates call pipeline deal a ‘betrayal’ of Canada’s climate goals

Environmental advocacy organizations are speaking out against the federal government’s newest deal with Alberta to weaken climate goals and expedite the construction of another oil pipeline to the B.C. coast. “With today’s announcement, Prime Minister [Mark] Carney is taking a sledgehammer to one of the last remaining pillars of Canada’s climate plan,” said Caroline Brouillette, executive director of Climate Action Network Canada, in a Friday (M…

Pipeline agreement draws mixed reaction in Alberta as questions remain over route, investors and climate concessions

A proposed new oil pipeline to Canada’s West Coast is drawing mixed reaction in Alberta, where some see the agreement between Ottawa and Alberta as a long-awaited economic boost while others remain skeptical the project will ever be built.

Reversing Trudeau-Era Energy Policies, Canada’s Carney Woos Alberta With Oil Pipeline Deal

The initiative is aimed at reducing Canada’s energy dependence on America and tamping down separatist sentiment in the oil-rich western province.

Eby slams Ottawa/Alberta pipeline deal

VICTORIA – Premier David Eby has released the following statement about the MOU between Alberta and the federal government: “As a country, it’s time to stop rewarding bad behaviour. “It cannot be the case that the projects that get prioritized in Canada are those where a premier threatens to leave the country. “Here in B.C., […]

Reaction to the Alberta-Ottawa agreement on carbon pricing, pipeline plans

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks alongside Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Calgary, Friday, May 15, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh   Shovels could hit the ground on a new West Coast oilsands pipeline as early as September 2027, the federal and Alberta governments said Friday, after they announced a plan to gradually increase the province’s effective industrial carbon price to at least $130 a tonne by 2040. That means an agreement on t…