OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is in Ottawa this week, following up on her now week-old pledge to help fund the development of a proposal for a new oil pipeline to Canada’s West Coast.

Smith is hopeful the project — which as of yet has no private sector proponent or a suggested route option — can be submitted for consideration by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new Major Projects Office by next spring.

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Smith met with Carney on Monday at the Ottawa airport, just before he boarded a plane to Washington, where he is to meet with U.S. Pre

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