Alberta submits plans, announces partners for new pipeline to B.C. coast, 125 First Nations yet to be consulted

By Chuck Chiang and Jack Farrell Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced Thursday that her government has a route – and builders – for a new pipeline to the B.C. coast, just hours after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a deal with B.C. to make it possible. Smith and Carney stood together in Calgary to announce that Alberta has formally submitted a proposed route to Ottawa’s major projects office. “The profits from this pipeline will generate billions in revenues over the coming decades for the provincial and federal governments, and will enrich Indigenous communities that choose to partner with us,” said Smith. “This is transformational wealth, an opportunity neither Canada nor Alberta can afford to leave unrealized.” A submission package shared by the province says the project will follow closely along…

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