# Reporter Roundtable: Could a new pipeline ease separatist sentiment in Alberta?

https://mins.news/en/video/82686

- CBC News, 2026-10-01 23:37 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVSuUYzJYNI

> Prime Minister Mark Carney has formally designated a new Alberta oil pipeline as the first project of national interest after promising major moves on major projects. The Reporter Roundtable considers whether it could ease separatist sentiment in Alberta.

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