Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at the Carbon Capture Canada convention in Edmonton on Sept. 24, 2025. Photo by Shaughn Butts-Postmedia

Building a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the British Columbia coast requires first overturning “nine bad laws” enacted by former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ’s government, said Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

The policies, including a cap on oil and gas emissions and a ban on oil tankers off the northern B.C. coast, are discouraging oil producers from expanding output — a prerequisite to building new pipelines, Smith told reporters in Edmonton.

“We need to address the nine bad laws that are impacting the investment climate,” she said. “That’s how pipelines get built.”

Smith has been advocating for the construction of a new oil pipeline runni

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