Alberta poised to make West Coast pipeline announcement later this week
The proposal calls for a privately financed, Indigenous co-owned line that could carry 1 million barrels a day and require changes to B.C. tanker rules.
- The Alberta government will announce details tomorrow regarding its submission to the Major Projects Office for a proposed one-million-barrel-per-day oil pipeline to Canada's West Coast.
- Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney signed an MOU in late 2025 establishing the project framework, with a May agreement mandating construction start in early 2027.
- Proposed routes include B.C.'s coast or Burnaby, requiring extensive Indigenous consultation and potential revisions to federal tanker bans to facilitate exports to Asia.
- Calgary-Based Enbridge Inc. and other industry players have shown limited interest in the project, which mandates private financing and Indigenous co-ownership to proceed.
- Today marks the project proposal deadline, a significant delay from the original April 1 target as the Government finalizes submission details ahead of tomorrow's announcement.
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Lorne Gunter: West Coast pipeline ‘progress’ still more performance than reality
On Thursday, Alberta’s provincial government is expected to submit to Ottawa an application for preliminary approval of a new pipeline to the West Coast. The federal government will then have until early September to make tentative approval and add the pipeline to the list of “projects of national interest.” That is supposed to speed formal approval.
Alberta poised to make West Coast pipeline announcement on Thursday
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says there will be a "major announcement" on July 2 to share new details about the province's submission to the federal major projects office, established a year ago to speed along infrastructure deemed in Canada's national interest.
Alberta Premier Smith to Announce Next Steps for Pipeline Proposal on July 2
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will announce her government’s next moves related to a new proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast on July 2. Smith’s press secretary Sam Blackett said in a statement to The Epoch Times on June 30 that she would make a “major announcement” around the proposed pipeline to bring 1 million barrels of oil a day to British Columbia. Along with a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by the federal government and Albe…
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