Prime Minister Carney Strikes Agreement for Alberta Pipeline, as Oil-Rich Province Prepares to Leave Woke Canada

Carney is dangling the oil pipeline to distract Albertans from the independence movement.

We have been reporting here on TGP about Alberta’s effort to become independent.

Over 300,000 people signed the petition for a referendum, and while a Liberal Canadian judge has stopped the process, the momentum for secession from woke Canada seems unstoppable.

So much so, that yesterday (15), Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney decided to do something, and signed a pipeline agreement with the oil-rich Province.

Canada and Alberta have reached a deal on carbon pricing that would pave the way for construction of a new oil pipeline starting as early as 2027 https://t.co/Zj9GkeR2ew

— Bloomberg (@business) May 15, 2026

Carney is presenting the pipeline plans as proof that Canada ‘still works’.

Great news Alberta!

A critical milestone has been reached under the Canada-Alberta energy agreement (MOU) so that our province can expect approval from the Federal Major Projects Office for actual construction of the West Coast Pipeline on or before September 1, 2027.

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— Danielle Smith (@ABDanielleSmith) May 15, 2026

Politico reported:

“Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith met in Calgary to sign a deal that could eventually move more than 1 million barrels of Canadian oil a day to the Pacific, creating a direct export route to major energy markets in Japan, South Korea, China and India.

The agreement marks a major shift in the Liberal government’s energy policies. Under Carney, Ottawa is now embracing Alberta’s decade-long push to expand oil production and export capacity. It’s an effort made possible by President Donald Trump’s trade war, which exposed vulnerabilities in Canada’s economic dependence on the U.S.”

“And as the Alberta separatist movements flares up, Carney is attempting to show he is listening to the concerns of the province, which has long accused Ottawa of restricting resource development. ‘Today, is also about building trust in a Canada that works, a Canada rooted in cooperative federalism, where we build together pragmatically and ambitiously to achieve our shared ambitions’, Carney said Friday. “A Canada where our differences are strengths to be nurtured and respected, not risks to be managed.”

Needless to say, there are those that think that this move by Carney is ‘too little, too late’.

Things that will happen:

✅ Alberta will hold an Independence referendum.

Things that won’t happen:

❌ A west coast pipeline will be built with carbon taxes and emissions caps attached to it.

— Rise Of Alberta (@RiseOfAlberta) May 15, 2026

Read more:

Canadian Judge Pauses the Certification of the Results in the Citizen Petition for the Independence of Oil-Rich Alberta Province