Conservative Leader Pierre Poilevre says his party's upcoming motion — which borrows language from the new Canada-Alberta energy agreement — is meant to force the Liberals to "put up or shut up" on whether they support a new oil pipeline to the Pacific coast.

"The only thing that needs to happen for the project to go ahead is for the federal government of Mark Carney to get out of the way. Grant a permit and let the construction begin," Poilievre said in an interview with CBC News on Sunday afternoon.

On Tuesday, the Conservatives will put forward a non-binding motion that will require Liberal MPs to decide whether they support "the construction of one or more pipelines" that can export at least one million barrels a day of Alberta bitumen from a B.C. port to Asian markets.

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