Western patience wearing thin over lack of Alberta pipeline plan: CEO

Prime Minister Mark Carney rolled out a second wave of “nation-building projects” on Thursday and an oil pipeline from Alberta was not on the list.

Patience is wearing thin in western Canada, even as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is “still working” with the Carney government to advance a bitumen pipeline to tidewater.

I spoke to Whitecap Resources CEO Grant Fagerheim, who warns we can expect “fury from Alberta and Saskatchewan” if a pipeline isn’t prioritized.

“What I want to hear from (Carney) is that we’re prepared to advance our products to international markets without a discount price,” Grant declared in a conversation last month, and that requires pipelines between provinces.

“Alberta and Saskatchewan are the only two provinces in Canada that are landlocked,”