By Nick Murray British Columbia “has to agree” on any pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific coast, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday, as his government edges closer to unveiling the details of a new energy pact it has been negotiating with Alberta. In question period Tuesday, Carney was pressed by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to state when a pipeline would be built. Carney said a memorandum of understanding with Alberta — expected to be announced Thursday while the prime minister is in Calgary — would lay out “necessary conditions but not sufficient conditions” for a new pipeline. “We believe in cooperative federalism,” Carney said. “We believe the Government of British Columbia has to agree. We believe that First Nations rights holders in this country has to agree and support.”…
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