B.C. Premier Eby says he's not opposed to privately backed oil pipeline to north coast
Instead, Eby said he's against the public funding of such a pipeline.
"What I don't support is tens of billions of dollars in federal subsidy going to build this new pipeline when we already own a pipeline that empties into British Columbia and has significant additional capacity — 200,000 barrels," Eby said on Sunday, referring to the Trans Mountain pipeline.
He added there's no company currently advocating for Smith's pipeline proposal.
"There's no money for it," Eby told CBC's chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton.
Smith has been advocating for the bitumen pipeline to B.C.'s northern tidewaters and said she is actively searching for interested private sector companies.
She has suggested the pipeline's end point be in Prince Rupert, B.C., avoiding the cancelled Northern Gateway pipeline's proposed terminus in another northern B.C. port, Kitimat.
But Eby said he wants to prioritize projects that are "shovel-ready."
"We have major projects with private proponents, cash on the table, ready to go to hire people and build — let's focus on those," he said.
Eby listed B.C. energy projects including the LNG Canada project in Kitimat and the Ksi Lisims LNG project north of Prince Rupert, as well as major hydroelectric projects, mining projects in the northwest, and various wind and solar projects that he said will be interconnected with the Yukon and Alberta.Eby also highlighted the fact that he recently signed onto a memorandum of understanding with western premiers around a trade corridor that could include major energy projects such as heavy oil.
But he noted there are major issues with a proposal for a pipeline, particularly the federal tanker ban on the north coast.
The ban prohibits oil tankers carrying more than 12,500 metric tons of crude oil, or persistent oil products, from stopping, loading, or unloading at ports in a restricted area covering nearly the entire north coast.Smith has said she will convince Eby of the pipeline's merits, which she said could include billions in revenue.
"It's Team Canada or not," she said on Rosemary Barton Live earlier this month.
"I would hope that what would happen is that we would identify whatever legitimate concerns that a province might have and then work through them," Smith added.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has said while he wants to speed up "nation-building" infrastructure projects, he wants to build consensus between governments.
"We will not impose a project on a province," Carney said at a press conference earlier this month.
Eby said he would be happy to sit down with Albertan officials if a private proponent came to the table without public money.
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it," Eby said.
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