Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks at the Global Energy Show in Calgary on June 11, 2025. The Canadian Press/Lauren Krugel
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says that while she is encouraged by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent comments about building a new pipeline and agrees that it should be driven by private interest, she wants to see Ottawa scrap laws she says have negatively impacted private investment.
Smith said in a July 7 interview with CBC News that pipeline companies have raised concerns about the emissions cap for the sector, which Smith has equated to a production cap, as well as the ban on oil tankers off B.C.’s northern coast, and elements of Bill C-59 around greenwashing and environmental claims, which Smith argued “makes it criminal behaviour” for oil companies to talk about their emissions reductions efforts.
