On the federal lobbyists’ registry, groups that lobbied on the Ottawa-Alberta MOU include the CCLC, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, and Pathways Alliance, a consortium of Canada’s largest oilsands producers, including Cenovus Energy, Imperial Oil and Suncor Energy.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed a MOU on Nov. 27, 2025, that set a series of conditions that could result in a private-sector proponent bringing forward a proposal for a pipeline from the province’s oil patch to British Columbia’s coast. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade