https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...erta-1.7648452
After months of Premier Danielle Smith vowing to find a company willing to develop a new oil export pipeline, the Alberta government itself is taking the plunge.
So far, Smith is committing $14 million to create and submit the proposal to the federal Major Projects Office in the spring, which would include identifying a possible route to the West Coast and cost estimates.
Near the end of this story they have a small quote from BC premier Eby, his full quote about this is worth a read
Premier Smith continues to advance a project that is entirely taxpayer funded, has no private sector proponent, is not a real project and is incredibly alarming to British Colombians, including First Nations along the coast ...
We need a major projects office at the federal level. Not a major distractions office. Not a major politics office, but an office that advances real, shovel-ready projects that will move this economy forward in British Columbia and nationally. What I am seeing from Alberta directly threatens that.
I am all for working closely with Alberta on electrical intertie that's going to drive down electrical rates for Alberta consumers; on the hydrogen sector, [where] we both need the federal government to assist us with getting hydrogen to market; to build that economy on other major infrastructure projects and projects that have real private sector backing, that aren't entirely taxpayer funded wedge politics.