Western province says 'sensitive' negotiations continue towards getting a pipeline on Mark Carney's fast-track list'

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government will unveil another round of major projects on Thursday, but an oil pipeline is not among them as negotiations with Alberta continue.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith had previously said she hoped an agreement with Ottawa that would enable a new bitumen export pipeline project to advance would be hammered out by this Sunday’s CFL Grey Cup game.

But her government on Wednesday confirmed that “sensitive” negotiations continue towards the goal of getting an oil pipeline on Ottawa’s fast-track list.

“Currently, we are working on a (memorandum of understanding) agreement with the federal government that includes the removal, carve o

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