Explainer: How Alberta Is Trying to Overcome Long-Despised Pipeline Regulations Using Ottawa’s New Legislation

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith rattled her B.C. counterpart this week with a proposal to bypass what she calls regulatory barriers to building a new pipeline to tidewater by pitching the project to the feds’ newly created Major Projects Office (MPO).

B.C. Premier David Eby countered that nothing has changed compared to the past, noting there is still no private proponent prepared to build such a multi-billion dollar project.