The Pipeliners Triptych
Prime Minister Carney says it’s ‘highly likely’ an oil pipeline will make Ottawa’s major project list
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith unveiled two memoranda of understanding, aimed at more closely connecting the Canadian economy through fresh pipelines and railways.
On the horizon: a predicted peak oil global decrease in demand for fossil fuels & Alberta oil sands bitumen; the absence of a proponent with a costed business plan for pipelines; the vulnerability of public tax dollars tied to such investments; alternative, such as rail, to ship bitumen to northern tidewater could become more viable ; falling oil prices driven by Saudi Arabia; increased global electrification overtaking fossil fuels—particularly in the Global South—led by China. The existing Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia tidewater presently is operating at under capacity. Also the existing jurisdictional legal,indiginous,and environmental permissions process remains in question.
Court Painter & Portrait of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith
Court Painter & Portrait of Ontario Premier Doug Ford
Court Painter & Portrait of Prime Minister Mark Carney