The article and headline is a bit sensationalist.
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Private company has not raised a hand so far to develop such a project
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Until Bill C-69 is repealed, no pipeline company in their right mind will ever propose a new oil pipeline and take on any burden and vitrol that was allowed to fester. You need a supported proposal to actually build something. Considering the Transmountain controversy which involved the purchase of an existing, already approved project, the Liberal government isn't going to fund a new pipeline that doesn't exist yet. Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy passed by the Liberals and CPC is a huge step forward, but not enough by itself.
Doesn't mean it's not going to happen, but lots of work to be done.
Would also be nice to have politicians working towards the security of the nation versus what we saw in this national embarrassment (looking at you Green / NDP)
Carney being the pragmatic type and so far proven so, I would not be surprised if we see a project eventually come up during his term as necessary for national energy security. We are seeing it with Canadian steel now (which he infamously mocked prior to the election), and we saw a significant 180 shift from Trudeau's "there is no business case for LNG to Europe".