‘Once you get a carveout from one province, it’s game over’: Ottawa-Alberta MOU draws advocates with economic and environment concerns

On the federal lobbyists’ registry, groups that lobbied on the Ottawa-Alberta MOU include the CCLC, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, and Pathways Alliance, a consortium of Canada's largest oilsands producers, including Cenovus Energy, Imperial Oil and Suncor Energy.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed a MOU on Nov. 27, 2025, that set a series of conditions that could result in a private-sector proponent bringing forward a proposal for a pipeline from the province’s oil patch to British Columbia’s coast.

With eyes on an approaching April deadline for details to be worked out on the Canada-Alberta memorandum of understanding, economically-focused advocates are pushing for Ottawa to finalize a deal to enable pipeline projects to move forward without delay, while others are war...

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