# West Coast pipeline: Carney, Smith announce next steps as decision deadline arrives

https://mins.news/en/video/81969

- Global News, 2026-10-01 13:43 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1OJE5thVbE

> Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are set to announce next steps Thursday at 11 a.m. ET in Fort McMurray, Alberta, as Ottawa faces a deadline to decide whether the proposed West Coast oil pipeline should receive a national-interest designation. The project could carry up to one million barrels of Alberta crude a day to British Columbia’s coast.

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