{"id":299232,"date":"2025-11-22T08:18:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T08:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/299232\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T08:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T08:18:14","slug":"b-c-and-alberta-premiers-continue-public-duel-over-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/299232\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. and Alberta premiers continue public duel over pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"

The premiers of B.C. and Alberta are both speaking out on Friday as rumours swirl that Alberta and Ottawa are close to inking a deal for a pipeline to B.C.\u2019s north coast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The Globe and Mail reported Wednesday that the federal government, which is in talks with Alberta on the prospect of building a new pipeline, is considering allowing some tanker traffic on the northern B.C. coast.<\/p>\n

The Alberta and federal governments are said to be close to signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to move forward with the project.<\/p>\n

It would include new or expanded port facilities in Prince Rupert or Kitimat, which would require at least a partial repeal of the North Coast tanker ban.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Click<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:17
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPossible pipeline deal\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

B.C. Premier David Eby and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have been disagreeing with each other for weeks, but Eby did say on Friday that he wants to be a team player with Canada to see what can be done.<\/p>\n

Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been quite frank with Alberta and with the federal government that although we never supported the pipeline and we\u2019re not enthusiastic about it, we\u2019re good team players on Team Canada and we are willing to do what we can to support an expansion project if it\u2019s needed,\u201d Eby said.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\"For<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n

For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe ask other provinces to step up and help us out and we understand that need too. But this work is made more difficult when we have other provinces, specifically Saskatchewan and Alberta, coming in trying to tell British Columbia how to run. Our province and most specifically, to attack an oil tanker ban off our coast that is the foundation for consent and support for tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of investment in the province of British Columbia.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\/<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\tJD Vance says Canada\u2019s immigration \u2018insanity\u2019 caused lower living standards\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\/<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Lost Canadians\u2019 legislation is now law, aims to fix citizenship rule\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

Smith also appeared to soften her tone a little, saying she now agrees with B.C. to look at expanding the use of the existing Trans Mountain pipeline first.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also agree that Trans Mountain pipelines should be maximized,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the proposal there is about three to four hundred thousand barrels a day, but where we may disagree is, I think, that is the beginning, not the end of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to see pipelines in all directions north, east, south, west. There\u2019s lots of other proposals that are on the table, including having an economic corridor that goes to the northwest B.C. coast, one that goes to the Hudson Bay, one going up to Grey\u2019s Bay.<\/p>\n

Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a number of different project proposals that have been talked about going down south, whether it\u2019s Enbridge or South Bow or others.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\t&copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The premiers of B.C. and Alberta are both speaking out on Friday as rumours swirl that Alberta and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44,2973,134418],"class_list":{"0":"post-299232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-pipeline","12":"tag-pipeline-expansion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299232","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=299232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}