No way ‘to do business,’ B.C. Energy Minister Dix says of Alberta’s pipeline plans

VICTORIA – British Columbia’s energy minister says political talk of a pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific isn’t the way to do business and leaks through the media should not be considered the government’s way of engaging with First Nations over such a project.

Adrian Dix says the pipeline is a “$14-million-dollar communication exercise” by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and isn’t real, but it jeopardizes the work B.C. has been doing with First Nations on mining, LNG and other projects.

He says a memorandum of understanding between Alberta and the federal government on the project, expected to be announced Thursday, has no route, no plan and no market.

The minister says leaving British Columbia out of the conversation was also not helpful for getting things done.

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