Alberta, Ottawa and pipeline
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As Stephanie Levitz and Emma Graney write from Ottawa and Calgary, respectively, the memorandum of understanding also says the federal government won’t implement its oil and gas emissions cap and, if the pipeline comes to fruition, the government would adjust the current oil tanker ban so bitumen could be exported to Asian markets.
Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault resigned from cabinet on Thursday over a disagreement with a deal Prime Minister Mark Carney's government signed with the oil-producing province of Alberta to roll back certain climate rules to spur investment in energy production.
Mark Carney and Danielle Smith inch toward a pipeline détente, while Pierre Poilievre shakes up his campaign team — all on this week’s Playbook Canada podcast.
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Energy agreement 'major step back' for Ottawa's relationship with First Nations: elected chief
Maureen Nyce, the elected chief councillor of the Haisla Nation, says 'we are very disappointed' after the federal government signed a memorandum of understanding with Alberta and offered support for a new oil pipeline to B.
In the latest episode of Inside Politics, host Kevin Klein and Winnipeg Sun columnists Lawrence Pinsky, KC and Royce Koop argued that Canada’s affordability crisis is overwhelmingly a made-in-Canada disaster, driven by Ottawa’s policies—not by Donald Trump, U.S. tariffs, or external forces.
Ottawa has cleared Anglo American PLC’s proposed $20-billion acquisition of Canada’s Teck Resources Ltd., on national security grounds, removing one more hurdle to the deal closing, a source familiar with the matter told The Globe and Mail.
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Wednesday afternoon a suite of new measures to help Canada’s steel and lumber sectors that have been battered by U.S. tariffs, including financial assistance and tightening up the Canadian market from foreign products.
Minister Evan Solomon spoke at the groundbreaking of Nokia’s Ottawa campus expansion on Tuesday morning, where he invoked the catchphrase “sovereignty is not solitude” twice. The expansion is supported by $72 million in government funding, more than half of which comes from the federal government, committed under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand said Monday that Canada and India will move quickly to advance a trade deal after two years of strained relations, noting Ottawa has a new foreign policy in response to U.