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Tasha Kheiriddin: Will Carney really risk his majority over Alberta?
Steven Guilbeault's unhappiness suggests unease among the Liberals' environmentalist ranks
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is avidly wooing the west — but will his own caucus trip him up? Last Friday, Carney met with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to reassure her that Ottawa’s got her back on a second bitumen pipeline from Alberta to Canada’s West Coast. After the tête-à-tête Smith said, “This morning I said ‘if’ a deal gets signed, and afterwards I said ‘when’ a deal gets signed,” describing it as “an indication of my improved level of confidence.”
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Later the same day, Trade and “One Economy” Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced a 30-day public consultation on changes to major project approvals. These include imposing a maximum timeline of one year, transferring approval for pipelines from the Impact Assessment Agency to the Canada Energy Regulator or the Major Projects Office,........