Carney dodges firm pipeline pledge, pushes sixfold increase to industrial carbon tax

Carney avoided committing to an essential West Coast Alberta-to-Asia oil pipeline Thursday, saying approval depended on British Columbia’s NDP government and Indigenous groups.

Source: CPAC

Prime Minister Mark Carney avoided committing to an essential West Coast Alberta-to-Asia oil pipeline Thursday, saying approval depended on British Columbia’s NDP government and Indigenous groups, despite promoting a new federal-Alberta climate deal and pipeline memorandum of agreement.

Speaking briefly with reporters after signing a memorand…