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What Alberta is asking Canada
8+ hour, 55+ min ago (1019+ words) The referendum debate offers an opportunity to engage seriously with the future of the federation Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew struck a friendlier note, admitting he wondered what Alberta separatists have to complain about, and hoping a future Churchill project would…...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he wants pipelines, but his own policies still punish the industry building them - Todayville Edmonton
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1540+ words) That contradiction sits at the heart of the May 15, 2026, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Ottawa and Alberta for a new crude oil pipeline to Canada's West Coast. The agreement promises faster approvals, access to Asian markets and billions in potential…...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he wants pipelines, but his own policies still punish the industry building them
1+ week, 1+ day ago (848+ words) That contradiction sits at the heart of the May 15, 2026, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Ottawa and Alberta for a new crude oil pipeline to Canada's West Coast. The agreement promises faster approvals, access to Asian markets and billions in potential…...
15 highlights from the Pipeline MOU Update
2+ week, 1+ day ago (815+ words) Canada refuses to release files on secret policing deal with China Canada Says Critics Don't Understand Its Surveillance Bill By Tegan Hill and Elmira Aliakbari In 2025, the Smith government demanded newly-elected Prime Minister Carney repeal nine "bad laws" stifling oil…...
Premier Smith and PM Carney agree on lower carbon tax and set date for pipeline construction approval of Sept 1, 2027
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1659+ words) Alberta and Canada have finalized key elements of the Alberta-Canada energy MOU, advancing the design and construction of a new west coast oil pipeline as early as Sept. 1, 2027. Today's implementation agreement also results in Alberta avoiding a significant increase to…...
The IEA told Canada to stop. Now it says start. Cenovus says it may be too late.
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1456+ words) Two developments this week amount to the most significant signal Canada's oil and gas sector has received in years. They point in the same direction. Together, they constitute an indictment. In May 2021, the International Energy Agency published its Net Zero…...
Canadians starting to wonder if anything is happening. Ottawa's Major Projects Office silent on progress
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1761+ words) As billed by Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Major Projects Office (MPO) was set up last summer "to get nation-building projects built faster." In Carney's words; "The MPO will accelerate projects by creating a single set of conditions, thereby reducing…...
Alberta expedites major project approval timelines
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1249+ words) To prevent unnecessary delays, Alberta's government will bring forward legislation that, if passed, will set a 120-day approval timeline for major projects. "Every delay impacts jobs, investment and the opportunity Alberta needs. Setting a firm 120-day approval timeline brings discipline…...