Danielle Smith’s pipeline clears another hurdle after deal with Mark Carney. Now, who will build it?

Wanted: a private company ready to commit billions of dollars to build a major oil pipeline.

The prime minister himself says he is on the lookout and even quipped on Thursday to a Calgary business crowd, “If you know of one in the room, come see us afterwards.”

Mark Carney was delivering a speech when he made the offhand comment, following a series of events in the city after joining Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in signing a preliminary deal to pursue a new oil export pipeline from Alberta to the North Coast of British Columbia.

The agreement also calls for developing nuclear power, pursuing AI data centres and supporting a multi-billion-dollar carbon-capture project, among other details.

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