Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has secured an investment agreement with British Columbia to build a major oil pipeline, overcoming initial opposition from the westernmost province.
The future pipeline is expected to carry 1 million barrels of oil a day – from the oil-rich province of Alberta, across the entirety of British Columbia, to the country’s west coast – allowing Canada new access to Asian markets and reducing its economic dependence on the United States.
"اوس وخت دی چې عمل ته لاړ شو ،" کارني د محافظه کاره پلوه البرټا لومړي وزیر ډینیل سمیټ سره په یوه خبري کنفرانس کې وویل.
“The best route for a new pipeline is one that goes through one that already exists, south through the Trans Mountain corridor, to our Pacific Coast, the gateway to the world’s fastest-growing markets,” Carney said.
Carney has set a goal for Canada to double its non-US exports in the next decade and said a pipeline can reduce the price discount on current oil sales to US markets.
پایپ لاین به د هغه لارې په اوږدو کې نږدې تعقیب کړي چې دمخه د ټرانس ماونټین پایپ لاین لخوا تیریږي.
It would run from Bruderheim, northeast of Edmonton, Alberta, to the southern British Columbia coast, delivering more than 1 million barrels per day to tankers and then to Asian markets.
Smith said the Alberta government is partnering with the federally owned Trans Mountain Corporation and Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline on what it calls the West Coast oil pipeline.
“The world is asking Canada to step up and provide stable, democratic and reliable energy supply that countries around the world are looking for,” Smith said.
سمیټ غواړي چې البرټا په راتلونکو 10 څخه تر 15 کلونو کې د تیلو تولید 8 ملیون bpd ته دوه چنده کړي.
Smith has long complained that Carney’s predecessor, Justin Trudeau, hindered the province’s energy industry and fuelled separatist sentiment.
البرټا په مني کې عامه رایه ورکوي چې ایا د کاناډا پریښودو په اړه ټولپوښتنه ترسره شي.
برتانوي کولمبیا او ځینې لومړي هیوادونه د شمالي برتانیا کولمبیا له لارې د پایپ لاین پروړاندې دي.
کارني مخکې په وینکوور کې وویل: "د ټانکرونو بندیز به په خپل ځای پاتې وي. موږ به د برتانیا کولمبیا د شمالي ساحل ساتنه وکړو."
Carney also said on Thursday that he will compensate British Columbia for environmental risks if a pipeline is built in the southern part of the province.
A previous memorandum of understanding between Ottawa and Alberta included an adjustment of an oil tanker ban off parts of the British Columbia coast, but British Columbia Premier David Eby also said on Thursday that he has secured a commitment to keep the northern tanker ban in place, protecting the province’s pristine northern coast.
ایبي وویل: "دا ډاډ ورکوي چې د شمالي ټانکر بندیز په خپل ځای پاتې دی."
ټروډو د پایپ لاین سره مخالفت وکړ چې کولی شي د شمالي برتانیا کولمبیا او لوی بیر باران ځنګل څخه تیر شي.
He approved one pipeline from Alberta to the British Columbia southern coast, the Trans Mountain pipeline, but rejected the Northern Gateway project amid opposition from environmentalists and Indigenous communities.
Since the Trans Mountain expansion opened through the British Columbia southern coast in 2024, roughly two-thirds to three-quarters of the crude shipped from Canada’s Pacific Coast has gone to Asia, helping Canada reduce its dependence on the US market.
د نورو نړیوالو بازارونو پرانیستل د کاناډا د ستراتیژۍ یوه برخه ده چې د متحده ایالاتو د ولسمشر ډونالډ ټرمپ لخوا د سوداګرۍ جګړې سره مقابله وکړي.
Since taking office for his second term, Trump has imposed varying tariffs via executive order on energy products and goods from Canada and other countries.
