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Prime Minister Mark Carney has made a new pipeline to the British Columbia coast a national priority.

There is a negotiation maxim widely heard in trade talks that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. By that measure nothing has been agreed between Ottawa and Alberta.

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wanted to make a show of signing a memorandum of understanding on energy and the environment , even though all the actual commitments are still TBD.

But politically: Wow.

The Liberal Prime Minister has made a new one-million barrels-a-day pipeline to the British Columbia coast a national priority. Alberta’s United Conservative Premier has made a long-term commitment to more stringent industrial carbon pricing to reduce emissions.

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