{"id":364104,"date":"2025-11-08T08:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T08:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/364104\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T08:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T08:27:14","slug":"carney-tells-business-crowd-a-new-pipeline-project-is-going-to-happen-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/364104\/","title":{"rendered":"Carney tells business crowd a new pipeline project is \u2018going to happen\u2019 – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prime Minister Mark\u00a0Carney\u00a0came close\u00a0to\u00a0telling\u00a0a\u00a0Bay Street audience Friday that he will secure\u00a0a\u00a0new\u00a0pipeline\u00a0for Alberta, offering his strongest endorsement of the idea yet.<\/p>\n

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During an armchair talk at the Canadian Club Toronto,\u00a0Carney\u00a0told the audience not\u00a0to\u00a0worry because his government\u00a0is\u00a0on top of \u201cthe\u00a0pipeline\u00a0stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDanielle\u2019s on line one,\u201d he said, referring\u00a0to\u00a0Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. \u201cDon\u2019t worry, it\u2019s\u00a0going\u00a0to\u00a0happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, something\u2019s\u00a0going\u00a0to\u00a0happen, let\u2019s put it that way,\u201d he added, joking about undermining his own bargaining position.<\/p>\n

Speaking with reporters in Calgary on Friday, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she hopes\u00a0to\u00a0make progress with Ottawa on the province\u2019s proposal for\u00a0a\u00a0new\u00a0pipeline\u00a0to\u00a0bring oil\u00a0to\u00a0the B.C. coast, and on advancing the Pathways Alliance carbon capture and storage\u00a0project.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m still working with the federal government\u00a0to\u00a0see if we can come up with\u00a0a\u00a0memorandum of understanding so we can get\u00a0a\u00a0bitumen\u00a0pipeline\u00a0to\u00a0Asian markets, as well as the Pathways\u00a0project, as well as remove some of the bad laws that will allow for that investment\u00a0to\u00a0occur,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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The idea of\u00a0a\u00a0new\u00a0oil\u00a0pipeline\u00a0has been\u00a0a\u00a0political hot potato in Canada for years, if not decades. The federal Liberals under\u00a0Carney\u00a0have been careful not\u00a0to\u00a0back the idea, even as they push for nation-building projects\u00a0to\u00a0spur the economy and reduce Canada\u2019s reliance on exports\u00a0to\u00a0the United States.<\/p>\n

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Federal Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson has said any\u00a0new\u00a0pipelines\u00a0to\u00a0the West Coast will require the support of the B.C. government and affected First Nations. He has mostly refused\u00a0to\u00a0comment on the concept, saying it\u2019s hypothetical without\u00a0a\u00a0proponent pushing\u00a0a\u00a0specific\u00a0project.<\/p>\n

B.C. Premier David Eby has dismissed the idea of\u00a0a\u00a0new\u00a0coastal oil\u00a0pipeline\u00a0as \u201cfictional.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith said Friday she hopes\u00a0to\u00a0have more\u00a0to\u00a0say about\u00a0a\u00a0new\u00a0pipeline\u00a0next week, before the Grey Cup.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf we can get rid of some of the bad laws, I have\u00a0a\u00a0lot of optimism we\u2019ll be able\u00a0to\u00a0build pipelines in virtually any direction,\u201d Smith later added.<\/p>\n

But\u00a0Carney\u00a0told the Toronto\u00a0business\u00a0audience those laws, brought in under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, are not preventing major energy sector projects from\u00a0going\u00a0ahead.<\/p>\n

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