US EditionPipeline and Extortions Dominate as Eby Meets with Carney, Smith, Other Premiers
Prime Minister Carney and premiers discuss pipeline route, tanker ban exemptions, and expanding Trans Mountain amid no private proponent or preferred route, seeking a united national approach.
- On Jan 28, 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney met with British Columbia Premier David Eby and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Ottawa for afternoon one-on-one and joint sessions and planned a first ministers working dinner.
- Last year, Carney and Smith signed a memorandum of understanding that pledged to prioritize an Alberta bitumen pipeline to the Pacific and broadly set a path for a West Coast bitumen pipeline.
- No private-sector proponent has stepped forward and a preferred route has not been selected, while David Eby, B.C. Premier, criticized north coast proposals requiring tanker ban exemptions and expressed openness to expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline.
- After the meeting, David Eby said `There hasn't been any significant update in terms of manifesting a pipeline in any significant way and our position remains the same` while Danielle Smith called the meeting productive and pledged to keep Eby in the loop.
- All of Canada's premiers are in Ottawa as Canada prepares for trade talks with the U.S. and Mexico in the coming months, and Danielle Smith plans to submit a proposal to the federal Major Projects Office later this year.
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Eby Says Meeting With Carney, Smith Cordial But His Opposition to Pipeline Remains
B.C. Premier David Eby said a Jan. 28 meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was “civil” in tone but that his opposition to a proposed oil pipeline from Alberta to B.C.’s north coast hasn’t changed. The trilateral meeting is the first since Carney and Smith signed a Nov. 27 memorandum of understanding (MOU), which included the proposal for one or more oil pipelines from Alberta to the B.C. coast, scrapping or …
Alberta and British Columbia ministers met with Mark Carney on Wednesday.
B.C.'s Eby says no significant pipeline updates in meeting with Carney, Alberta's Smith
B.C. Premier David Eby says there was no"'significant update" on a proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast during what he described as a "cordial" meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on Wednesday.
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The Toronto StarNo developments on pipeline after premiers of Alberta and B.C. meet with Carney
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and B.C. Premier David Eby had no developments to share on a potential West Coast pipeline after meeting with the prime minister in Ottawa today.
The Record
‘Borderline friendly’: Premiers of Alberta and B.C. meet with Carney, talk pipeline
OTTAWA - The potential pipeline to the West Coast was one of multiple topics discussed Wednesday by the leaders of B.C., Alberta and Canada in what was described as a “borderline friendly” meeting.
Pipeline and extortions dominate as Eby meets with Carney, Smith, other premiers
British Columbia’s premier is in Ottawa for a string of meetings with federal and provincial officials, where he’s already discussed everything from the extortion crisis to the FIFA World Cup—but much of the focus has been on the potential for another pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast.
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