Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has designated a new West Coast pipeline project as being in the “national interest,” paving the way towards approval for a project to ship an additional one million barrels of crude oil daily to Asian markets.
Carney made the announcement over the newly dubbed Pacific Link pipeline in Fort McMurray, Alta., Thursday flanked by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
“We have to do this, because the world is facing an energy crisis on three dimensions,” Carney said.
“There’s an immediate challenge of affordability and in some countries the very availability of hydrocarbons, there is a structural challenge of energy security and the existential challenge of climate change.
“These challenges are forcing countries to think differently about where their energy comes from and who they can rely on to supply it.”
Carney said that oil demand is expected to “continue to be significant for decades to come, even under any plausible net zero scenario.”
Global oil supply, meanwhile, is becoming more volatile with the U.S. war against Iran.
“So the question is, who will emerge as the world’s trusted suppliers? It should be us. It must be Canada,” Carney said.
The decision to classify the pipeline as in the national interest means it will fall under Carney’s Major Projects Office (MPO), a government branch meant to speed federal approvals for significant economic initiatives.
The project will still need to undergo a regulatory review by the MPO as well as public hearings led by the Canada Energy Regulator. The government is expected to then issue a “conditions document,” which would outline the requirements for the project proponents.
The MPO is expected to issue those conditions by Sept. 1, 2027.
The pipeline is expected to jointly owned by Trans Mountain Corporation (TMC), the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission (APMC), and the Pembina Pipeline Corporation. A minimum of 10 per cent equity in Pacific Link will be offered to Indigenous peoples.
Pacific Link would transport roughly one million barrels per day of crude from Bruderheim, Alta., to a deepwater port outside Delta, B.C., spanning approximately 1,250 kilometres.
The oil would then be loaded on large tanker ships for export to markets in Asia.
The project is a major test of Canada’s new major projects strategy and its ability to deliver regulatory certainty and predictable timelines, according to business management analyst Lance Mortlock, the managing partner of EY’s energy market segment and a University of Calgary associate professor.
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“It’s signals that we want to build again,” said Mortlock, adding the announcement sends a broader message about Canada’s commitment to building infrastructure within globally competitive timelines.
“Markets will be watching less for the announcement itself, but more whether governments can now deliver that regulatory certainty, clearer timelines, and more predictable investment conditions.
“So now that process starts.”
In a briefing before the announcement, the government tied the decision directly to the trade war with U.S. President Donald Trump and the instability caused by his trade war.
“When you think about the geopolitical backdrop — tension in the Middle East, war — the world needs energy security and I think a lot of Asian markets are looking for diversification and optionality,” Mortlock said.
“Canada is coming forward, and I think it happens at a really important time.”
Oil and gas is Alberta’s biggest industry and global energy prices have a significant impact on provincial coffers, but the landlocked Prairie province has been hampered for decades by not enough shipping capacity to get product to tidewater.
“Resource wealth is only valuable if you can actually reach markets,” Mortlock said. “We’ve got all this resource wealth across this great country, but if we can’t get it to market, it’s not worth the wealth that we talk about.”
The need to diversify export markets, the government argued, is a matter of national sovereignty.
“Today, 90 per cent of Alberta’s oil goes to the U.S.,” Carney said. “Pacific Link will materially reduce that dependence by allowing us to export an additional one million barrels a day to growing markets in Asia.”
“That means more customers, more choice, and higher prices for all Canadian energy producers.”
In a statement, NDP Leader Avi Lewis blasted the Carney government for committing public money to back a pipeline in the midst of the climate crisis, and suggested the project would face legal challenges making it “not worth the risk.”
“Throwing billions in public money behind a pipeline at a time of climate breakdown – while sweeping aside environmental protections, meaningful Indigenous consultation and workers’ right to strike – is absolutely not in the national interest,” Lewis said.
“Projects that truly serve the national interest would lower costs, create good jobs, and protect the people and places we love — like renewable energy projects, 21st-century public transit systems to connect our communities, and a massive build-out of non-market housing Canadians can actually afford.”
But while Lewis criticized the government for “rushing” the pipeline’s approval, the Conservatives faulted the Liberals for taking too long.
Carole Anstey, the Conservatives’ natural resources critic, says the party wants the pipeline built but noted Thursday’s announcement was not putting “shovels in the ground.”
“I think Canadians certainly heard a promise from the prime minister to move at speeds not seen in generations … We would like to see this move forward at the speed that the prime minister promised,” Anstey said in an interview.
Oil and gas producers have, in recent years, shied away from big-ticket extraction investments — in part due to a shortage of pipeline infrastructure to bring their oil to market.
Industry has welcomed Ottawa’s moves to simplify the regulatory process, roll back Trudeau-era environmental policies and beef up tax incentives for new investments.
Smaller scale, shorter-term pipeline expansion projects are now in the works heading to the U.S. and West Coast.
“We will start to see the companies develop big capital projects again,” Mortlock predicted.
“Do I think that we’re going to see the mega mines that we saw 10 years ago? Probably not. But do I think we’re going to see 150,000, 200,000-barrel-a-day in situ expansion? Yeah, for sure,” Mortlock said, referring to steam-driven operations with a smaller footprint.
A TD Economics report released this summer said the potential pipeline would boost oil exports by 20 per cent and more than double what Canada currently sends to Asia via tankers.
“The opportunity is not just the pipeline, the opportunity is proving that Canada can once again execute large nation-building projects that attract capital, strengthen trade competitiveness and create Indigenous prosperity and improve economic sovereignty,” Mortlock noted.
“The risk is that Canada proves it can announce faster than it can deliver. So what we need to do now is back it up to say, ‘we can announce fast — but we can deliver fast too.'”
But whatever economic benefits a pipeline project brings, it carries both environmental and political risks for the Carney government.
The prime minister attempted to cushion that blow Wednesday, announcing that the federal government would commit $1.2 billion for ocean protection projects in B.C., where Carney has also backed proposed expansion to the Port of Vancouver.
With files from Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press
Maybe it is also time to reconsider a refinery near the eastern border of B.C. and that would allow for more refineries in Canada!
If Canada is in such an existential emergency with the USA as per Carney, why is is taking so long for this pipeline. Construction has not started nor has it even been approved. Smoke and mirrors by Carney.
Carney the hero! Don’t buy it Alberta. The LPC is the enemy of Alberta.
So in 10 years maybe it might be complete, Canada a bunch of losers
So Carney says”its time to start building not like before,get things done”Well there Bud your Liberal government was the one holding up all rhe projects for over a decade and you were an advisor to Justin and his Cabinet.What a joke.
10% to the indians for doing nothing —go figure
Well another big announcement by Carney I wonder if this will actually happen because other announcements never materialized examples getting a deal with Trump, bring down the cost of food, build millions of homes all big announcements and promises but nothing happened
Anon, don’t change your tune. You assumed I meant all per capita. And then you aped the GDP per capita and pushed for us to debate historic job creation per capita, ignoring the current job numbers. Cold comfort for all those Canadians who lost jobs.
Thats on you.
@Anonymous 1012 pm. You did not say GDP per capita. There is no world standard. There are many different economic measures and you chose one. Not purchasing power parity, not taking into account the gini coefficient, etc. So go ahead and call everyone a fool and rattle out stats without context.
“insignificant spelling error”
He wrote it twice, in two separate comments, while bringing attention to it and asking for it to be looked up. Calling out the irony of the spelling error is on point.
@Anonymous 1001pm. You point out an insignificant spelling error, and you call someone foolish. Do you like belittling people? Does it make you feel superior?
Anon “then you proceed to use non per capita stats”
No I said specifically GDP per capita is the world standard. You assumed that this also applies to labour, which it does not.
And then I replied with the most recent job numbers.
Maybe don’t make assumptions or misconstrue what people say.
Politics is all about keeping a few people at the top and most at the bottom, no matter what side been like that forever, I’m the king of the castle and you’re the dirty rascal
@Anonymous 932pm. You say per capita is the “world” standard, then you proceed to use non per capita stats!! And calling people names like fool. Why it’s necessary, who knows?
The word is “ad hominem” not “ad homymin” which you wrote twice.
And the phrase is to tell someone that you forgot more about something “than they’ll ever know”. Leaving that last part out makes you look even more foolish
You may have forgotten how to spell more than your forgot about economics.
Anonymous. You didn’t look up ad homymin did you. Doesn’t matter if I’m NDP or not because a valid idea is valid regardless of its source. So you focusing on me being NDP isn’t a valud argument. I could explain that to you, but its probably a waste of time.
Reading your posts I’ve probably forgotten more about trade, ecomonics, government, or international relations than you. Then again, you probably have a bigger collection of hairnets and name tags than anyone else here. I don’t have any.
Try to make the effort to learn something and maybe get a name other than Anonymous, or are you too scared to stand out. Maybe simeday you’ll make an actual contribution, but I’m not holding my breath.
Gord, “I’m NDP to the core”. That explains it very well especially that you felt the need to say “to the score”.
You bring no stats. Just talking points. Worry about our country Gord, and let Americans worry about theirs. Contrary to what the CBC wants you think, most of our economic issues predates tariffs.
106k Canadians left in 2024, breaking a 57 year record.
120k in 2025.
“whose standard?-yours!”
GDP per capita is the world’s measure actually. And there is nothing misleading about that stat or the fact that its compared to Alabama’s.
“Canada has created more jobs per capita under Carney than the USA”
You’ll have to tell that to 42,000 people who lost jobs in Canada in August, while the U.S. added 162,000. The 350 people let go this week at Stelco will also need to be brought up to speed with your wisdom.
Anonymous. You are an idiot who is incapable of responding to a valid argument. Your ad hominym arguments (look it up) are off base. I’m not a Lib. I’m NDP to the core, but that doesn’t stop me seeing the world as is is. All the Libs bad blah, blah, blah, Cons good blah, blah, blah, regardless of the circumstances. Its ridiculous.
Circumstances have changed and Carney is trying to build Canada by developing broader trade relationships. Circumstances have changed and Canadian exporters are finally looking to new markets. All if this is good, but you and others can’t see past your prejudices to support a positive result.
From what I’ve seen of your posts you know nothing about anything. I could explain them to you, but I can’t understand them for you, and I don’t have the interest required to make the effort.
Carney has not delivered on one promise yet since he was elected. LMAO
@Anonymous 907pm. If per capita is the “standard measure”, (whose standard?-yours!) Canada has created more jobs per capita under Carney than the USA. You going to call me a name now?
@Anonymous 911. Bringing up the misleading Alabama example, bashing the CBC, talking about water again. Then you call Gord a fool. Belittling, misleading and name calling. Your MO.
And you know what Gord, the more you yap the more you come across like a Liberal watercarrying fool. You have to deflect, poorly even, to the US. Let me guess, you were ok with the CBC having non stop coverage about US politics, years before this tariff issue. They focused on supposed Russian interference in US election, yet for months ignored concerns with China meddling in our own election.
Worry about yourself Gord. Stop projecting. Accepting that we are on par or even worse than Alabama is the epitome of a fool
Since Iran war stock markets have doubled, US economy BOOMING!
Gord. Per capita is the standard measure.
I dont care about future or current US data. Thats for US voters to worry about. This was told to you before. Worry about our economy and our government. We are the ones losing jobs, losing Canadians via emigration, and losing employers.
Anonymous. Look at the.median numbers, they tell a different story.
As to folliw the US down, Trump took an ecinomy that was performing well and drove it into the ground in a matter of minths through dismal econmic, trade, immigration, and foreign policy. Do I have to take you through the data to show that the US is in terrible shape? Wht is this a surpruse. The $30 trillion/yr US economy under Trump declared war on the $80 trillion/yr rest of the world economy. Is it any surprise that the USil is losing?
Gordon. Followed the US down?
We have the GDP per capita of Alabama, the 4th poorest state. That also places 38th on OECD, and all this before tariffs.
What will it take for you to stop carrying water for the LPC?
Bob. Trump has pushed Canada to take steps forward. We’re attacting investment. Eliminating inter-provincial barriers. Building infrastructure. The big change is that Canadian exporters are finally looking beyond the US. It wasn’t government policy Lib or Con that drove dependence in the US market. It was Canadian exporters deciding that doing business in the US was easier. Good thing Trump came along. The US has been in decline for years. Wuthou Trump we’d have stayed attached to the US wagon as we followed it down.
Anonymous. Your comment that the pipeline was always in the national interest shows that you don’t understand anything. The pipieline was declared a project of national interest under the Building Canada Act, which means tge project is fast tracked through the approval process. Maybe you shouldn’t comment if you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Isn’t it great!
Trump finally got Canada to build pipelines, could he also open trade between provinces .
Carney does a complete u-turn regarding fossil fuel from 2023! when he said no to Japan and Germany for LNG and wrote his book “Values” where he stated Canada should pay higher consumer carbon taxes.
D Channon. Chretien has surplus budgets that paid down the debt. They lasted until Harper reduced government revenue by reducing the GST taking us back into deficit througj the rest of Harper’s term and through Trudeau.
It has always been in the national interest.
The problem, is emotional Liberals think hope and resolve will change climate like praying to Gods and sacrificing animals your uncle had sex with will do the same.
@Roy Depape,
This will not bring the debt down. It will increase the debt load on Canada and the costs for this will continue to go up.
Name one government project that brings the debt down and I don’t care if it was a Liberal or Conservative government.
The Canadian government has done nothing to bring down debt as that would cost them votes and none of the politicians would approve anything that would actually benefit Canadians and bring down the cost of living and the national debt.
That is the reality we live in and will never go away. Canadians and our governments are to involved with our lives and continue to increase their part of our living which they should not and we the Canadian people should be the leaders of the country and have way less government then we have now!
@ 7:41 Anonymous – I can assure you that my intelligence is real.
Have you searched for “Productivity Mega Deduction” yet? Knowledge comes before intelligence.
Carney flip flopping and bending into a pretzel after he said no to LNG shipment to Japan and Germany back in 2023. Total hypocrisy.
Not me:
“Anonymous
October 1, 2026 at 7:48 pm
Global news employees are all future unmarked graves”
Definitely an overconfident Liberal with the typical lack of understanding of basic technology confusing themselves with CIA black ops and other clandestine agitators because they struggle with their mental health.
Global news employees are all future unmarked graves
@Ben. An existential global crisis stops because of Donald Trump. That is hilarious. So by that comment, there is no climate emergency in your mind.
As you can pretend you are not some weak Liberal trialing a paid AI agent because you know absolutely nothing about anything and couldn’t win a debate if tried.
If AI wants to debate me, it can and will fail, but I will not waste my time on this platform debating with a coward.
“Anonymous
October 1, 2026 at 7:37 pm
@ 7:28 Anonymous – You can continue to assert that nothing has changed but the increase in direct foreign investment in Canada is evidence that something has. Carney introduced changes to the accounting for investment expenses for the private sector making Canada the most attractive country for foreign investors according to the GIIA.”
@ 7:28 Anonymous – You can continue to assert that nothing has changed but the increase in direct foreign investment in Canada is evidence that something has. Carney introduced changes to the accounting for investment expenses for the private sector making Canada the most attractive country for foreign investors according to the GIIA.
Anonymous at 7:25
“Carney does know finance and investing”
No, he knows how to run an entire campaign stealing other people’s ideas, or stealing credit for the work done by dead people like Jim Flaherty who isn’t around to defend his record.
@ 7:26 Anonymous – Pretend that Carney changed positions because he agrees with you and wants to change now.
Pretend that you are right and not just an angry, contrarian crank perpetually complaining about the Liberals.
Words and new nouns…hold me back.
Ben “That’s what I’m assuming Trudeau meant by no business case.”
You assume incorrectly. What changed in the private sector? Nothing.
The only thing that changed was the LPC not being in the way in of our resource sector.
Anonymous at 7:20 pm
Yes it matters!
People lost jobs, homes, and more. Canada set a 57-year record with 106,000 hardworking Canadians who left in 2024.
Canada fell in 2024 to 38th place for GDP per capita amongst OCED countries.
Lowes, Target, Sears, Hudson Bay, Kleenex, Zellers, Bed Bath and Beyond, Nortsrom, AMC, Ballys Fitness, Disney Store, JCrew, Le Chateau, Johnston & Murphy.
Those are just a small selection of all the companies that closed shop or left Canada completely, and all before any tariffs came in play.
@ 7:14 Anonymous – I am not Ben but I can tell you that under Carney the depreciation schedule for certain qualifying investments in Canada has been shortened. This allows investing companies to write down their investments faster and leads to tax savings.
Additionally the federal government just announced the “Productivity Mega Deduction” to “create the conditions for an extended period of higher investment—a Canadian investment supercycle.”
Carney does know finance and investing.
I guess that means conservatives and others, that are probably bots, just hate Canada. No other reason is possible to not be satisfied with a party that screwed you and your family over but now sees that as less popular.
Right compassionate Liberal?
That’s how you talk. That’s what you sound like. You sound like you’re privileged little snots and oblivious.
Check your privilege.
No one gave my tribe millions of dollars when the Brits attacked and my family fled to America and got stuck in Canada, but it was alright, the zealots were far away.
Not any longer.
Get off my door step.
No doubt still awaiting approval from the great creator.
@Todd North. With respect, the Germans, yes, provided long term purchase commitments to Trudeau but they didn’t offer to pay for infrastructure. It could be argued that a private sector partner to build infrastructure could be at the ready had Trudeau been more pro development in the years before this. But at the time there was no such partner. That’s what I’m assuming Trudeau meant by no business case.
@ Elizabeth Perkins – Why Carney changed positions does not matter. I suspect it has a lot to do with Trump’s mercurial nature and the unraveling of the world order that we all were used to but I can only speculate.
This is the direction Canada is going.
Ben what changed in the private sector from 2023 to now, back when Trudeau and Carney turn Germany and Japan away.
3 years ago Carney was stating there was a “climate emergency” and the world was in an existential crises also fossil fuel use was curtailed and he agreed with the high carbon taxes. Whey did he flip flop on his values including what he wrote in his book.
This is the only way to start bringing down our national debt. Good move for Carney, those who oppose this project are out of touch with reality.
I just need to make clear; because people lost their jobs, their homes, their lives in some tragic cases so Liberals could feel a warm “je ne c’est quoi” for doing what they perceived to be good, and then went, ah, twas silly thing, let’s abandon that, and they still do not know why the fatigue is real.
@Ben. The Germans certainly did offer to help backstop the project and also were willing to commit to gas volumes to be purchased for the long term. Trudeau (and Carney) rejected the proposal immediately and stated there was no “business case”. A foolish choice by the Liberals.
The “Climate Change” community has grown into a farce of fake science and dogma. It is no longer about science, it’s about people’s beliefs. It’s a religion.
Religion should not dictate government policy.
There are zero examples of man made climate change. It is always speculative if not sensational.
People will maybe bring up the deadly landslide in Nepal and say very unscientific things, but there are 6 volcanoes, a little more than is typical, that are active across India at the moment. Maybe atmospheric loads of carbon and sulfur spewing into the stratosphere and raining down elsewhere is not so good for glaciers in Nepal?
Maybe?
Lil’ bit?
Ben you didn’t search jack.
Trudeau turned away Germany with zero consideration. Just as Carney now refuses to provide details on the last trade offer with the US, or the Gordie Howe bridge.
What changed from 2023 to now in the private sector for Carney to pursue the same deals he and JT said there was “no business case”?
@anita johnson 515pm. Respectfully, the Germans and Japanese did NOT offer yo pay for infrastructure. They offered long term contracts. I search again and confirmed this. Maybe you have a different reliable source you can cite as I’m far from a perfect researcher, but I’ve checked these facts three times.
@ 5:03 Anonymous – Carney’s initial budget had a provision for accelerated depreciation which likely contributed to the increase in foreign direct investment that Canada is experiencing and the rise to the top of the rankings on GIIA’s list of countries as foreign investment candidates.
On Sept 15 Carney’s government has announced a Productivity Mega Deduction which provides for immediate expensing of depreciable property. The intent is to “create the conditions for an extended period of higher investment—a Canadian investment supercycle.”
That’s what has changed. Carney the Central Banker and director of Brookfield created tax incentives for companies like Brookfield to invest in Canada.
@ rod…..Holy moly….the unicorn. The Albertan/ conservative that has a brain!!! Good on you Rod….good on you!!!
Don’t go buy your fifth wheels and your lifted trucks quite yet. They had to announce something by deadline or absolutely no chance. Not to mention she’s trying to buy Albertans to vote for her. She’s so obvious and lame she’s even lowering gas……just until the election is over. There are no words. Not to mention…in about 3 days when the states shuts this b.s. down….they’ll never allow this. It’s a cult thinking they can make it on their own.
Putin will Nuke ottawa long before shovels hit the ground
@ annoying pp, your azz must be raw from the number of times azz focked by libbys
Yada yada yada
Lol. The pipeline is of interest. Means absolutely nothing.
Anyone smell a snap election? Trumps probably on the ballet.
Excellent News!!! With U.S. so problematic, Canada needs to ship our resources overseas to customers who need it.
Born and raised Albertan. 73 yrs always a Conservative. Not sure of your ultimate motive,but pandering to a clown while throwing our youth under the climate bus is not a good look. Hopefully I have an alternative to vote for in the next election.
“the Conservatives faulted the Liberals for taking too long”
Lol.
How many have the cons built? How about zippo.
Oww, we went from a MOU to a ‘designated’ pipeline.
What a leap forward for Alberta, break out the champaign, this day will be remembered as Alberta’s Designated Day, celebrated for years to come.
(What a pile of bull doodoo)
@Ben. We realize there was no infrastructure in place but Germany was asking and willing to pay for new infrastructure. Trudeau and Carney saying no to Germany helped enable Putin even more in his control over Europe with gas supply.
I must be hitting a nerve being copied so much. Another fake at 5:04.
Looks like I got my views mixed up again. Time for me to take my medication.
Ben, you are full of cr@p.
You keep blaming the private sector, yet when asked several times you cannot say what changed in the private sector from 2023 to now?
The only thing that changed was the willingness of the LPC not to stand in the way of our resource sector.
Since 2023 Japan signed a deal with Trump for LNG. So yes, keep spreading lies Ben and carrying water for the LPC.
@Anonymous 414 pm. Respectfully, there is no direct evidence that Carney told Trudeau to turn away Germany and Japan. Plus at the time there was insufficient infrastructure to supply LNG to those two countries, and they did not offer to pay for the infrastructure. Private sector suitors weren’t at the ready either.
CR. If you read my post you’ll see that I said Trudeau bought thexKinder Morgan pipeline, doubled it, and extended it. It’s a fact that he built a pipeline to the coast for Alberta at public expense.
Again someone else posted under my name at 3:39. Whoever it was should have the courage to use their own unique name.
Liberals trying to announce their way out of 10 years of economic vandalism and poor governance.
Contrary to what you think, the Carney government is not same brand new thing. Its a continuation of the same moldy thing that gave us the Lost Liberal Decade. 38th in GDP per capita in OCED member countries.
Getting a chatbot to refute things is not the same as knowledge.
Real intelligence is far more valuable than artificial intelligence.
@ 4:31 Anonymous – Still not proof that he advised against the deals.
Anonymous @4:21.
Carney called the shots on the LNG rejection. In Mark Carney’s 2021 book, Values: Building a Better World for All, the focus is on climate change, for which Carney was a vocal advocate as Bank of England governor, and in his time since then. Values takes a strong position in favour of carbon pricing and, later in the book, praises Canada’s approach. He was known to be anti-resource sector.
EatShitConBitchs
Liberals win again
@ 4:14 Anonymous – Carney advising Trudeau while Trudeau’s gov’t turned down LNG deals is not the same as Carney advised Trudeau to turn down the LNG deals. You don’t know what went on behind closed doors?
The disingenuous attempts to blame Carney for everything ever is so tiresome.
@ 3:58 Anonymous – Smith and her courting of the UCP cranks had nothing to do with Carney stating that he was going to make Canada an Energy Superpower. This is part of that agenda of HIS.
Energy Superpower.
Ben
Harper faced eco-warriors in BC, and then decided to go south. We had that agreement, which Biden tore up.
It doesn’t help that 3 years later Carney advised Trudeau to turn away Germany and Japan from our LNG
I get what some people are saying, that it takes too long to do anything in this country from defence procurement to pipelines. But Harper, a conservative, had the same issue. Carney is trying to push things through faster but there is a lot of inertia in this country. We need to break through that inertia with all due haste.
Delusional liberal, Carney would not be doing this without Smith, or the looming threat of separation.
What it actually seems like is that the only thing liberals understand are threats.
“Anonymous
October 1, 2026 at 3:54 pm
Carney is better at doing what conservatives want done than they are.”
pipeline and industry should have never been sacrificed for environment for fifty years
pipeline and industry should never have been sacrificed for environmental climate without a system were both would work as one as this shows how detrimental on the economy and high cost of living when government relies heavily on housing and taxation.
Carney is better at doing what conservatives want done than they are.
And still, the only success the government has had is from killing their own stubbornly ignorant policies and leaving us out as a little snack for predators to prey on.
Liberal idiots thinking they deserve gratitude instead of I-told-you-so is classic dumbassery.
Sorry everyone. I was wrong. The Liberals do share some of the blame for getting us into this situation, and for spending a decade weakening our economy.
@ liberal troll, your azz must be sore with all the Libby’s butt facking you
I am not a Conservative and I don’t believe Carney false promises either. Talk is cheap and action speaks louder than words.
Gord L,
How can you justify the comment that Trudeau built a pipeline?. he had to finish what was started as the private sector pulled out. TMX could have, and should have been finished by a private proponent. Now carney wants to build one using tax dollars since no private entity will touch this and you are fine with it?. You obviously must be an elitist who has no worries in regards to future generations.
@Liberal Troll. If you take Carney at his word you must be a fool.
@Liberal Troll. The misery is all self inflicted by the Liberal Party of Canada after ten years of poor governance. Sorry, they don’t get a free pass or benefit of the doubt with their record of inaction.
YAY !
This comments section is a good example of why you should never try to make conservatives happy. Nothing makes them happy except cynicism, ignorance, and misery. They wallow in these things like pigs wallow in mud, but unlike the pigs, conservative wallowing serves no useful purpose.
By the time any pipeline is built in Canada most other countries would build many more and we still won’t have any more capacity getting to port.
The price tag will at least triple and the government will find it with taxpayer dollars and no private investment.
And after today the lawsuits will start being filed and will hold this project up for another decade or so.
Just another MOU or two and maybe put a shovel in the ground by 2030 at best!
And pigs fly. Even carney said its all dependent upon the “other” agreements, ie BC’s want of a royalty, every single FN between here and there who want a piece of the pie, every environmentalist group who have to be paid off, etc. Yes, this sounds like a great idea but it will never be built.
Is Danielle Smith still pushing for separation? Or is she just waiting until she’s able to get more major inforstruction built before she decides to try to separate from Canada again?
Build it to Squamish or further north. Delta is too crowded & too close to the enemy’s border.
It will never be built.
This timely announcement is just to sinkn the AB separation vote.
Carney knows he can trust the FN and the BC government and its stupid…stupid voters to make sure he never has to make good on this promise.
Yeah Carney! Carney is doing a great job at developing markets and industry for the future of Canada. Thanks to the tyrant in the US we will become stronger and more prosperous and still maintain our morals , values and Canadian way of life in a Democratic society without dictatorship. Elbows up, Canada strong!
In the last 15 years Canada could have become an independent economic powerhouse. But here we are, would have, should have, could have!
Meanwhile in real news President Trump announces a $54 billion Alaskan LNG pipeline to begin later this year. No consultation with FN or environmental groups just getting the deal done, something Carney cannot do at any level.
Den. Trudeau bought the Kinder Morgan Pipeline, doubled it, and pushed it out to the Strait. Sounds like the Libs built a pipeline to me.
Also, there are no tariffs on interprovincial trade (they’re banned by the Constitution), there are interprovincial barriers, but not tariffs.
Alan nobody would complain about actual progress
Carneys mouth writes cheques his body can’t cash. Nothing will be built.
The MPO going to set ‘conditions’ to pave the way for the start of the regulatory process, by Sept 1 2027. Is that the fastest speed seen in a generation? If so perhaps we are still setting the bar far too low
@Ben. You are a communist living in a capitalist society and like Karney will never learn. Just shut up!!!
Ben have you transitioned yet?
@Ben 835am. Shut up. Karney lover.
More corporate welfare. Federal government just stay out of the free market.
Why aren’t we allowed to comment on the “Illegal Dumping” story? I just wanted to ask for the demographic details of the offenders.
Nearly all the comments so far are negative. Stop whining and think positive – we need more pipelines to export our most prized natural resource. All of Canada will benefit, not just Alberta. Never mind if you hate Liberals or Conservatives, just think Canada.
All talk and no action!
It will be canceled or modified so it is useless after the 19th of October! DO NOT TRUST THE LIBERALS OR THEIR PAID OFF MEDIA!
Apparently you have to threaten to separate to get investment you should have had years ago. Funny how you couldn’t get the Liberals to invest in Alberta even while the American pipeline was built, and while Canada has tariffs between provinces.
What happened to Carney’s cherished values ?
Back in 2021, he was a special envoy to UN and he set up GDANZ to essentially shutoff any capital flows to the oil and gas industry all due to climate concerns.
Now, because he hates Trump, he suddenly is reversing direction and wants Canada to export oil – to anyone but the US.
This is more about his personal fight with Trump than any true commitment to needs of Canadians.
Carney is a flip flopper for his political gain.
Hey it’s only 15 years to late!
In other news, Carney designates himself as PM for life. He must fight Trump and the USA, so his action is justified.
Anon excuse me for asking. But you can’t even get your usernames straight. One time you saw Anon and then Anonymous. Who exactly are you a picking fight with, and why? Maybe call yourself out, and with the same username this time.
And the Nat gas terminal to Europe?
Liberals killed energy east under their majority govt previously. What a foolish decision that was.
What a bunch of negative drivel!
Pipelines needs design and engineering permits and those looked September 2027
Lots of things can happen in meantime!.
It’s going to be long time before you get to be shoveling dirt
Liberals building a pipeline, this must be a bad pipeline.
Of course no private company would go anywhere near this(10% from Pembina)woop dee do.Anywhere else in the world and where Canada was 11 years ago this would have been 100% privately financed like all pipelines before the Liberals ruined investment in the country for decades it appears.
Something good has to come out of him. He’s still a shady banker
Let me remind you fools, it was the Liberals who said NO, after Carney made a deal with Alberta. I can’t believe you people are that stupid, you must be the Followers of the Liberals.
Carney promised a trade deal with the USA for end of July 2025. That promise was never kept either.
Stop arguing in the comments! We all agree we need to stop these liberal projects! We must take action and stop carneys pipeline!
I think we can all agree we don’t need carneys liberal pipeline, we need to shut this down!
@KP (Aka Anonymous). Anonymous, responded to a specific childish post of yours at a specific time telling someone to shut up. If you don’t want to be told your immature comments debase debate, then stop doing it.
We as conservatives need to protest this pipeline! It can’t happen! This liberal pipeline is bad! Cons against carneys pipeline!1
No date, no shovels. Just Liberal buzz words as usual.
What will the “conservative”/separatists moan about when this pipeline is built?
I suspect it will start with “Oh, but what about . . .”
No date on approval or shovels in ground another bozo photo
Conservatives need to stand together against this liberal pipeline!
More words. No, John H, we just hate every last one of you and want a revolution.
I’m with these guys!
Conservatives against Carneys pipeline!
Yes! Conservatives against Carneys pipeline!
Somebody posted as me at 11:48. To whoever, use your own name.
Anon at 11:11 am.
How do you know that its all that he does? Are you somehow following the same random guy, or all the people who share the same username? And more importantly, why do you even care?
So pipeline is approved but FN has not been paid yet so don’t hold your breath yet
And what about all environmental challenges have not been in a court yet
Conservatives against Carneys pipeline!
Conservatives against Carneys pipeline!
Try This. I’m not spinning things against oil and gas. I’m asking reasonable questions for which you have no answer. Complaining about how bad the Libs are may feel, but it doesn’t help.
yah.. you export oil and import immigrants .. lets celebrate Hybrid Canadians in future.. who has no moral or values like Canadians..
“But whatever economic benefits a pipeline project brings, it carries both environmental and political risks for the Carney government.”
It was promised last summer. It should have been fastracked at that point. This is a re-announcement that does nothing. – so why the spin that it is environmental or risky. It would be seriously risky not to go ahead. And it is not environmentally risky. If Asia does not get oil from us, they will simply get it elsewhere.
Time to wake up to facts. Quit trying to spin things against oil and gas.
A lot of squirming going on in the back ground , maybe he should have peed first
All talk no action. Will believe once approved and shovels in the ground. Carney is a liar and cannot be trusted.
If you want to ship oil via RB, u had better remove the covenant that restricts the movement of bulk liquids through that area.
Carey going to connect a 36 inch sour gas line up to his azz ? Thats the only pipe line he can offer thats real
It still isn’t “approved”. Till the line pipe is purchased and shovels in the ground I won’t say job is complete.
Another day another announcement another promise
Results in more than a year:0
@Anonymous 1032 am. All you do is debase debate by telling people to shut up and calling them names, Trump style. Do you have anything to contribute other than your immaturity?
Another day another lie and photo op from Carney. When do the honest unbiased news team at Global report on the failed promises Carney made in the past 18 months ?
Gord L
“Private sector involvement isn’t a possibility?” Not anymore. It took 13 years for the Kitimat LNG project to even get a shovel in the ground. The private sector is no longer interested in projects that are not economically feasible.
Where is the project to ship Canadian Oil and completely thru Canada ( not using Line 5) and ending at Irving refinery in New Brunswick.
Run the next one East for our sovereignty please.
Try This. Project of National Interest designation is the fast track, so that would be a positive step forward. Do you oppose this?
Do you believe that the Feds have to build a pipeline to get one? Private sector involvement isn’t a possibility?
The northern tanker ban is an environmental measure that doesn’t affect shipments through Vancouver, so how is that relevant?
So again. If you don’t like the current process, what’s your alternative?
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So Carney is planning on giving 10 billion to crowded port of Vancouver, where housing prices are already astronomical, and over a billion to environmentalist cry-babies. But he has not even put the pipeline on the fast-track yet. He has decided not to remove the tanker ban. He has not put a dime towards the pipeline he has promised the world, in his agreements with other countries. Amazing. And he voices his support of keeping Alberta in Canada? How about doing something for Alberta.
Just to be clear, you Cons hate the Liberals so much that you’d rather see this project fail. I’d rather see it placed in the best position to succeed, particularly after the work done to bring the Feds, the Prov, and the FNs together for this project.
If youcare opposed, what’s your alternative? Harper didn’t build a pipeline when he was PM. He walked away from the pipeline to Kitimat, didn’t look at an Eastern pipeline. He expexted the US to build Keystone XL and even called in US Ambo Heyman to complain when it was cancelled, so there’s no history there.
Trudeau bought, doubled, and extended a pipeline to the coast, so there’s an example. But you wouldn’t consider that model because Trudeau was a Liberal.
So what are you going to do, work for success or cheer in failure?
…and another project to receive his “national interest designation”, yet not one has received final approval… look for years of law suits from FNs (Show me the Money Group) and Canadian & foreign-backed environmental groups.
So what happens when the pipeline is going to go riight through your house because there is just no more room for a 3rd one
In Mark Carney’s 2021 book, Values: Building a Better World for All, the focus is on climate change, for which Carney was a vocal advocate as Bank of England governor, and in his time since then. Values takes a strong position in favour of carbon pricing and, later in the book, praises Canada’s approach. He advised Trudeau to turn away Germany and Japan from our LNG.
Now we are expected to believe that he is in favour of oil and gas.
Another MOU announcement. Another kick the can down the road announcement. Zero shovels in ground. Smith is a fool.
with Carney all is hype,,, as this report says it is not approval. The barriers which Carney will NOT remove will delay this for years. I await to hear the Carney Lies -yet again.
What decade will a shovel hit the ground.
Google this ”Why Canada’s GDP per capita crisis is real: DeepDive”
“From 2014 to 2024, Canada’s real GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power parity grew by just 3.2 percent in total, an anemic 0.4 percent per year on average, and the third lowest among 38 advanced nations. Over the same period, the United States posted 20.2 percent total growth (1.9 percent annually), and the OECD average reached 15.3 percent (1.4 percent annually).”
“and the tanker ban along B.C.’s north coast will remain in effect.”
This is the end of the project.Its dead.No point in proceeding any farther,it will go nowhere.
Carney is promising us a cake but all he is doing is mixing batter.It will never be put in an oven.
Liberal voting Canadians are, without a doubt, some of the dumbest and easily manipulated people on the planet.
Carney is a conman. He is selling bottles of air at his dog and pony show and the fools are lined up for tickets while shouting “Encore, Encore, we want more of nothing !!!”
$1.2 billion out the door for some ridiculous “Ocean Protection” scam that will do nothing other than line his friends and associates pockets with cash.
Pipe dreams and promises of grandeur that hold as much weight as a helium filled party balloon.No deal with the States, no relief at the grocery store, or anywhere, lies,smooth talk and political posturing is all it’s been.
He is polling at 60% but that is for his handling of the U.S. trade negotiations.
On mtters that are important to average Canadians,like affordability, housing and the basic necessities of life he is in the tank.Mid 30 approval.
He and the Liberals are failing .It’s only going to get worse over the next two years.
Carney totally using Smith for her political capital. Once the project is stalled or shelved, smith should distance herself from the grifter.
Haven’t paid the FN enough hey? It will never be built. Canada is a living dead zone.
Smith isn’t going to Fort McMurray to watch Carney kill the pipeline. She’s there to be part of the announcement that pipeline as a project of national interest. There is virtually no chance that Carney is not going to make this announcement or that Smith won’t take credit for her role in that decision. Why don’t understand why anyone in the oil patch would see this as a bad thing.
Clowney stalling as most of his anti-resource progressive base don’t want to build new pipelines or energy infrastructure.
Get on with it. We urgently need to diversify away from the US. Good news though.
‘Next Steps”. Carney hasn’t approved one project yet thru his MPO. Just more talk, conversations….
Karl Marx Carnage will shaft Alberta in some way, shape or form, mark these words!
Nothing wrong with oil companies to pay for their own pipelines. Git er done. Freedumb.
Looks like sm1thers have been oiled by king Carney.
The taxpayer owes this pipeline nothing.