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Chris Varcoe: 'The prime minister shares my urgency' — Alberta premier believes a framework largely in place on carbon pricing under energy accord

Danielle Smith also believes Mark Carney wants to see a new oil pipeline to the Pacific Coast go forward

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Premier Danielle Smith believes a framework for a federal-provincial agreement on ramping up Alberta’s industrial carbon price has largely been reached with Prime Minister Mark Carney — one that could be unveiled as early as this week.

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And she believes the prime minister wants to see a new oil pipeline to the Pacific Coast go forward.

Chris Varcoe: 'The prime minister shares my urgency' — Alberta premier believes a framework largely in place on carbon pricing under energy accord Back to video

“Yes, absolutely,” Smith said in an interview.

“We’ve made our case that if we want to have an advantage in accessing Asian markets, then the best way to do that is to build a pipeline that is the shortest route to those Asian markets . . .

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“If we are going to open up those markets and demonstrate that Canada works and demonstrate the partnership, it kind of makes sense for us to build a made-in-Canada pipeline, so I feel very confident.”

Alberta’s premier and the prime minister sat down Friday for a 45-minute chat in Ottawa, discussing their joint federal-provincial energy accord, which was signed five months ago.

Under the memorandum of understanding (MOU), Ottawa committed it will declare Alberta’s proposed bitumen pipeline to the........

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