Mark Carney designates West Coast pipeline as first national-interest project - Toronto Star

Carney extolled the pipeline project as an economic boon that will rake billions of dollars into federal coffers and create 140,000 construction jobs.

Prime Minister Mark Carney listens during an announcement about funding for oceans protection in North Vancouver, B.C. on Sept. 29, 2026. 

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will use contentious powers his government created to fast-track a major new oil pipeline to the West Coast, driving forth the publicly financed project that faces stiff resistance from environmentalists and Indigenous groups and deepens his co-operation with the Alberta government just weeks ahead of the province’s separation-themed referendum.