Alberta Prime Minister Daniel Smith said he is trying to adopt Saskatchewan Prime Minister Scott Moe’s pipeline strategy.
Smith said she instructed her team to explore ways that Alberta could “align” with Saskatchewan.
She described Alberta as one of North America’s most “business-friendly jurisdictions.”
“I have repeatedly emphasized the willingness that Alberta will work with other states and federal governments to develop new pipeline projects across the country as soon as possible,” she writes.
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Trump has said that 25% tariffs on Canadian exports and 10% of oil and gas will come into effect on March 4 due to concerns about border security, and he is considering additional tariffs this spring.
Smith advocates for increased support for domestic energy initiatives in light of US tariffs. She also called for the removal of the inter-prone trade barrier in Canada, saying, “We will bring this new trade dispute into the weather together with the US.”
Smith, Moe and Nova Scotia Prime Minister Tim Houston are all calling for updates to cross-country pipeline projects such as Energy East. The project was first proposed in 2013, which carried about 1 million barrels of oil daily from Alberta and Saskatchewan nationwide to facilities in New Brunswick and Quebec. It was cancelled in 2017 by pipeline company TransCanada and cited the decline in global oil prices combined with regulatory and environmental obstacles.
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Trump’s tariff threat has also seen a new push to remove positive trade barriers in Canada.
According to the federal government, more than $530 billion in goods and services moved between states and territories last year, representing about 20% of national GDP.
Jennifer Cowan contributed to this report.
