Is this what good pipeline politics looks like?

The prime minister appears to have effectively threaded the needle by convincing both B.C. to accept a series of funding agreements for projects they actually want and Alberta to accept the pipeline route they least wanted.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Calgary on July 2. Having a new pipeline well along the road to reality before October’s referendum votes is easily the most tangible thing Ottawa could do to demonstrate its seriousness about Alberta disenchantment, writes Jamie Carroll. Screenshot courtesy of CPAC

Opinion

BY JAMIE CARROLL

July 6, 2026

OTTAWA—It seems like a lot of people increasingly view compromise as losing. In addition to being bollocks, that’s really unfortunate.

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