Alberta announces preferred new bitumen pipeline route to B.C. coast
The Alberta government has proposed a new bitumen pipeline route to the British Columbia coast, supported by a deal between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith. The project, estimated to cost up to $43.7 billion, aims to increase oil exports to Asian markets.
Why it matters
This project represents a major infrastructure development with significant economic and environmental implications for Canada's energy sector and Indigenous partnerships.
CALGARY - The Alberta government pitched the route and builders for a new pipeline to the British Columbia coast, just hours after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a deal with B.C. to make it possible.
The article presents the government's pitch and the project details without editorializing on the environmental or political controversy.
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