{"id":913637,"date":"2026-09-29T04:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T04:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/913637\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T04:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T04:30:21","slug":"doug-ford-commits-to-footing-part-of-the-bill-for-proposed-alberta-ontario-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/913637\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Ford commits to footing part of the bill for proposed Alberta-Ontario pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford, shown with Alberta counterpart Danielle Smith in Calgary on Monday, said he believes investing public dollars in the Northern Shield Energy Corridor is the right decision.Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

The Ontario government is prepared to foot part of the bill for a proposed pipeline that would carry crude oil from Alberta to Sarnia, Ont., Premier Doug Ford said on Monday. <\/p>\n

Mr. Ford and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced the pipeline plan<\/a>, called the Northern Shield Energy Corridor, in July. The 3,300-kilometre conduit would move roughly 500,000 barrels of oil per day across four provinces.<\/p>\n

As for who\u2019s going to pay for it, \u201cWe\u2019re in,\u201d Mr. Ford said at an energy services event in Calgary.<\/p>\n

The provincial government is yet to determine its exact contribution. It wouldn\u2019t seek to be a majority partner in the project, but the investment would be \u201csubstantial,\u201d he told media after the event. <\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in getting the private sector to invest, but we\u2019ll kick it off,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Mr. Ford said he believes investing public dollars in the Northern Shield project is the right decision, given the substantial economic gains the proposal presents Ontario and the rest of Canada. <\/p>\n

\u201cLike I said, any time I can clip a coupon and get a return on investment, I\u2019m there,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

LNG Canada partners expected to green-light multibillion-dollar expansion Tuesday<\/a><\/p>\n

Filling the line, however, would require significant investment from oil producers to pump more barrels into the market. And it would be a major financial undertaking for a private backer at a time when domestic energy companies have shown little appetite for such risk. <\/p>\n

For example, the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline \u2013 which runs roughly 1,150 kilometres from Edmonton to the West Coast \u2013 came with a $34-billion price tag when it was finished<\/a> in 2024. A new West Coast pipeline proposed by the Alberta government would cost<\/a> between $35.2-billion and $43.7-billion, the province said in its Major Projects Office submission<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mr. Ford made the comments just days before the federal government is due to announce whether the new pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast will be designated a project of national significance. <\/p>\n

Both the Northern Shield and Western pipeline proposals are being positioned as projects that could be fast-tracked as part of Ottawa\u2019s push to boost national infrastructure and increase global exports in response to the trade war with the United States.<\/p>\n

But unlike the West Coast pipeline, the Alberta-Ontario proposal has no formal federal backing. <\/p>\n

Ms. Smith said on Monday at the same Calgary event that she is \u201cmore and more confident every day\u201d that the West Coast oil pipeline will not only receive a major project designation from Ottawa, but will be one of the first of those projects to go ahead. <\/p>\n

With global oil markets in turmoil because of the Iran war, potential customers around the world are realizing that they lack secure supplies of energy. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re looking to diversify,\u201d Ms. Smith said, adding that Canada is one of the best countries to look to. That in turn has Ottawa pushing to get a pipeline built, she said. <\/p>\n

Energy regulator approves Trans Mountain settlement, finds tolls reasonable<\/a><\/p>\n

Both the Northern Shield and West Coast pipelines are \u201cabsolutely critical\u201d for Canada\u2019s energy sovereignty, Mr. Ford said. Invoking Canada\u2019s construction of a cross-country railroad in the 1900s, he said the two oil conduits should be built simultaneously. <\/p>\n

Despite continuing trade tensions with the U.S., Mr. Ford said he still believes in \u201cFortress North America \u2013 in supporting each other, putting a ring around\u201d the continent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re stronger together. Not just with Alberta, but everyone across the country, including our American friends,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cMake no mistake about it. The world is watching Canada and the U.S. right now. The world is watching to see what happens.\u201d <\/p>\n

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he agrees with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and hopes Alberta stays in Canada. Albertans are set to vote in a referendum on Oct. 19, and one of the 10 questions asks whether the province should stay in Confederation or if there should be a second, binding referendum on separation.<\/p>\n

The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Ontario Premier Doug Ford, shown with Alberta counterpart Danielle Smith in Calgary on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,44,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-913637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-news","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913637","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=913637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}