Eby says it’s not him blocking Smith’s oil pipeline, it’s lack of money and proponent
By Canadian Press on June 9, 2025.
British Columbia Premier David Eby says it’s not him standing in the way of Alberta counterpart Danielle Smith’s longed-for oil pipeline from Alberta to B.C.’s north coast — it’s that there’s no proponent, no money and “no project right now.”
It’s Eby’s latest rebuff to the idea, coming after Smith said on Sunday she could convince him to allow such a pipeline.
Eby says that if Smith succeeds in finding a proponent and funding, and assembles a project, then B.C. “will certainly cross that bridge.”
But he says there are already “countless projects” that B.C. could work on with Alberta to create prosperity in Western Canada.
Eby was speaking at a news conference on Monday from Seoul, South Korea, the final stop on a 10-day trade tour through Asia that has also included Japan and Malaysia.
Asked about B.C.’s green light last week for a Prince Rupert gas pipeline, Eby said the province was not “in the business of turning away investments” — but wouldn’t speculate whether that applied to an oil pipeline from Alberta.
Eby added that he understands Smith is “keen” on such a project, just as Ontario Premier Doug Ford is “keen on tunnel underneath the 401.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 9, 2025.
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press
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It took 12 years to get the Trans Mountain pipeline built. I doubt you will see another pipeline for crude built going west to BC tidewater! There will be too much opposition from foreign funded protesters who don’t understand they are only helping protect billionaires’ own investments and countries protecting their own market share!
We should be focusing on getting the LNG/hydrogen markets pushed forward.
Sad, because no other industry has such a major rippling effect that spreads across so many sectors and is one of the biggest job creators. From safety clothing to buses made in Quebec, or vehicles made in Ontario, or modular camps made in BC and Alberta, and manpower coming from shore to shore to shore. I could go on for well over an hour listing all of jobs from the oil patch, including the hospitality industry where ever those operations are.
We will not see a completely successful free trade agreement interprovincially . . . ever! Already major cracks are appearing!
Every province in Canada has benefited from the oil and gas industry!