{"id":912813,"date":"2026-09-28T12:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/912813\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:48:12","slug":"alberta-ontario-premiers-set-to-share-stage-in-calgary-to-talk-energy-policy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/912813\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta, Ontario premiers set to share stage in Calgary to talk energy policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford pose with a map of the Northern Shield pipeline proposal in Calgary on Monday, July 6, 2026.THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jeff McIntosh<\/p>\n<p>CALGARY \u2014 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are set to share the stage in Calgary today to talk energy.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders will be in the city\u2019s downtown to talk about how to best get Canada\u2019s natural resources to market in a world of fluctuating politics and conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>Smith has placed energy at the centre of her government\u2019s agenda, particularly the need to get more oil to the British Columbia coast and from there to markets in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>It also comes as Canada navigates an ongoing tariff war with the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Smith has rejected using oil as leverage in the tariff battle with U.S. President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Ford, however, has publicly stated he does not agree oil should be off the table, but says both he and Smith agree more oil needs to flow within Canada.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 28, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>            Make us a preferred source on Google<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chch.com\/chch-news\/doug-ford-downplays-fears-over-volkswagen-battery-plant-delay\/\" class=\"nav-item-prev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Doug-Ford-grocery-prices-APRIL-16.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"   itemprop=\"image\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/1;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrevious CHCH News\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDoug Ford downplays fears over Volkswagen battery plant delay\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford pose with a map of the Northern Shield&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":912814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-912813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912813","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=912813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}