{"id":46153,"date":"2025-07-07T14:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/46153\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:16:13","slug":"danielle-smith-and-doug-ford-to-sign-agreements-on-transformative-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/46153\/","title":{"rendered":"Danielle Smith and Doug Ford to sign agreements on \u2018transformative\u2019 projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to announce a \u201ctransformative\u201c public infrastructure project that could help export Alberta energy and Ontario\u2019s critical minerals to new markets using pipelines, rail lines, and ports.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ford, who has served as the chair of the Council of the Federation this year, leading the premiers in a push for free trade and better cooperation between provinces, is set to sign a memorandum of understanding to build energy and trade infrastructure on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the signing, Ford and Energy Minister Stephen Lecce held a roundtable with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and government officials to discuss their alignment on energy exports.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best way to protect Canadian workers from tariffs and economic uncertainty is to build the infrastructure that will get our resources to new markets,\u201d Ford said on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe discussed how we can build new pipelines, rail lines and ports that will help us export Canadian critical minerals and energy to new customers around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>During the snap election campaign, Ford pledged to support the Energy East, Northern Gateway and pipeline projects to Canada\u2019s northern coast.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11277118\/cda-business-5-things\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" 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announcement, an Ontario government source said the focus of the announcement will rest on getting \u201cWestern Canadian oil and gas and Ontario\u2019s critical minerals to new markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an internal government-wide memo, Ford\u2019s Chief of Staff teased the announcement as one to watch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn support of our plan to protect Ontario \u2026 Premier Ford will unveil and spearhead a truly transformative and job-creating infrastructure project that will support the economic independence and energy security of Ontario and all of Canada,\u201d the memo read.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement is set to take place at 11 a.m. EST.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Politics<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to announce a 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