{"id":298748,"date":"2025-11-22T02:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/298748\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T02:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:28:07","slug":"ottawa-alberta-expected-to-sign-new-energy-sector-deal-on-thursday-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/298748\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa, Alberta expected to sign new energy sector deal on Thursday: source"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are expected to sign an agreement on the future of Alberta’s energy sector on Thursday, according to a senior federal government source.<\/p>\n

CBC News reported earlier this week that the memorandum of understanding between the federal and provincial governments is likely to include some language about a path forward for the northwest B.C. oil pipeline<\/a> that Smith has long demanded.<\/p>\n

The federal source, who CBC News has agreed not to name because they weren’t authorized to speak about the agreement, said the Thursday date is subject to change.<\/p>\n

While the last Liberal government essentially slammed the door shut on an oil pipeline to the region, Carney is open to considering such a project if Alberta, as the proponent, conducts the necessary Indigenous consultation and negotiates with the B.C. government, among other conditions, the official said.<\/p>\n

WATCH | B.C. premier slams ‘secret’ pipeline talks:\"\"<\/p>\n

B.C. slams ‘secret’ pipeline talks between Sask., Ottawa, Alberta<\/p>\n

B.C. Premier David Eby tells Power & Politics that ‘I almost fell out of my seat’ when he learned that Saskatchewan is involved in conversations with Ottawa and Alberta about a pipeline to the B.C. coast \u2014 conversations Eby says B.C. was unaware of. Plus, Saab CEO Micael Johansson says it’s up to Canada to make a decision on what fighter jets it buys, but makes the case for how Saab’s model could enable Canadian sovereignty.<\/p>\n

B.C. Premier David Eby strenuously opposes such a pipeline. Another potential roadblock is the Trudeau-era B.C. tanker ban bill, which prohibits ships laden with oil from docking at ports along the province’s northern coast.<\/p>\n

The federal government is considering granting limited exemptions, and there’s a possibility it could use its power under C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act, to allow tankers associated with this proposed pipeline to bypass that moratorium.<\/p>\n

No private proponent has recently expressed interest in constructing a pipeline to the West Coast. In an effort to attract a private company, Smith announced last month that her government plans to develop and submit a formal application to the federal Major Projects Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-298748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}