One province may pose 'major impediment' in pipeline push

Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario are eyeing pipelines that could take more Canadian oil and gas to tidewater

Three Canadian provinces are opening the floodgates for pipeline proposals, but industry observers are questioning the viability of a project that would ship oil across the country.

The governments of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario are looking for companies to conduct a feasibility study into a new “economic and energy corridor,” including a possible pipeline from Alberta to Ontario.

But there’s a “major impediment in between those provinces,” said Martin Pelletier, a senior portfolio manager at Wellington-Altus Private Counsel. “It’s called Manitoba.”

In all of the announcements today, Manitoba wasn’t mentioned.

In July, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, Ontario Premier Doug