Global National: Oct. 1, 2026 | Carney designates West Coast pipeline as “national interest” project

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Fort McMurray Thursday, to announce “the Government of Canada is officially listing the West Coast Pipeline, now known as Pacific Link as a project of national interest” — just three months after the Alberta government submitted the proposal. Carney says bringing an additional million barrels a day from the Alberta oil sands and the west coast, will let the world see Canada as a trusted energy supplier. “A pipeline to the West Coast is part of our mission to transform our economy, to double our non-U.S. exports over the next decade, to create tens, in fact hundreds of thousands of good jobs,” the prime minister added. As Heather Yourex-West explains, not everyone is happy with the plan. Pacific Link is the first project to receive the national interest designation under the ‘Building Canada Act,' with Prime Minister Mark Carney making the announcement in Fort McMurray Thursday. Despite the announcement’s fanfare, there are still major concern

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