Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at the start of a meeting in Ottawa on Oct. 6.

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are set to announce a memorandum of understanding on energy in Calgary Thursday, over the objections of B.C. Premier David Eby.

Mr. Eby said he spoke privately with Mr. Carney Monday, laying out three specific concerns about a heavy oil pipeline running from Alberta to his province’s northwest coast, but received no commitment that Ottawa would heed his objections.

Mr. Eby was caught off guard last week when The Globe and Mail reported that Ottawa and Alberta were close to concluding a wide-ranging framework on energy development, including a limited exemption to the existing ban on oil tanker traff

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