{"id":819310,"date":"2026-07-22T20:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819310\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T20:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:16:09","slug":"manitoba-willing-to-entertain-alberta-to-ontario-pipeline-premier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819310\/","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba &#8216;willing to entertain&#8217; Alberta to Ontario pipeline: premier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he&#8217;s open to a west-east pipeline being pitched by his counterparts in Alberta and Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Kinew says the pipeline could make Canada stronger and there are workers in his province who would be eager to help build it.<\/p>\n<p>But he says major projects such as pipelines need to be built the right way, by addressing environmental concerns and bringing Indigenous governments on board.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a meeting of premiers in Charlottetown, Kinew says he&#8217;s &#8220;willing to entertain&#8221; the pipeline proposal announced by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford  earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The line would stretch 3,300 kilometres from Hardisty, Alta., to refineries in Sarnia, Ont., going through Saskatchewan and Manitoba and not crossing into the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe previously said he&#8217;s on board.<\/p>\n<p>Smith and Ford have said the pipeline would move 500,000 barrels of crude per day and reduce Canada&#8217;s need to import refined oil.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario is expected to finish a feasibility study, with a price tag and a building schedule, before the end of the year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-819310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819310","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=819310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}