Danielle Smith and Doug Ford to sign agreements in Calgary today

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jul 07, 2025 9:53 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

The premiers of Alberta and Ontario person agreed to a feasibility survey of caller pipelines and obstruction lines betwixt provinces portion expanding interprovincial commercialized of intoxicant and vehicles.

The agreements are laid retired successful 2 memorandums of knowing that the premiers signed successful Calgary connected Monday.

The imaginable pipeline and obstruction enactment routes to beryllium studied would link Alberta's lipid and state resources and captious minerals to James Bay successful eastbound Ontario with a committedness to usage Ontario-made steel.

The memorandum for supporting caller vigor corridors says the survey would marque it easier for the backstage assemblage to get connected committee and pb development.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the agreements signify the 2 provinces' committedness to thrust concern and boost marketplace entree for their cardinal industries.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the provinces are trying to marque Canada's system much resilient successful the look of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

He says helium hopes Ottawa volition get connected committee by repealing a fig of vigor regulations including net-zero targets.

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The brace were previously together astatine a roundtable successful Calgary connected Sunday, with Ford posting connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, that they discussed however to physique caller pipelines, arsenic good arsenic obstruction lines to export Canadian captious minerals and energy.

Smith besides bumped into Prime Minister Mark Carney astatine the Calgary Stampede connected Saturday.

When she told Carney astir the documents she and Ford would beryllium signing, she told him it would beryllium "so large if we didn't person net-zero [carbon] rules."

Ford had antecedently signed a memorandum successful May with Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew to boost the question of goods and labour betwixt the 2 provinces.

"The champion mode to support Canadian workers from tariffs and economical uncertainty is to physique the infrastructure that volition get our resources to caller markets," Ford said Sunday successful a station connected societal media, on with photos from his roundtable with Smith.

The unreserved to interruption down interior barriers to commercialized comes successful effect to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff warfare with Canada. One survey estimates existing interior commercialized hurdles outgo the system immoderate $200 cardinal a year.

Throughout the outpouring national predetermination campaign, Carney repeatedly vowed to "eliminate" interprovincial commercialized barriers and make "free commercialized by Canada Day."

In caller months, Smith has called for Carney to abolish respective national policies and programs, including a projected greenhouse state emissions cap, net-zero energy grid regulations and the West Coast tanker ban.