Prime Minister Mark Carney sits with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and B.C. Premier David Eby at the start of a meeting in the prime minister’s office in Ottawa on Jan. 28, 2026. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
B.C. Premier David Eby said a Jan. 28 meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was “civil” in tone but that his opposition to a proposed oil pipeline from Alberta to B.C.’s north coast hasn’t changed.
The trilateral meeting is the first since Carney and Smith signed a Nov. 27 memorandum of understanding (MOU), which included the proposal for one or more oil pipelines from Alberta to the B.C. coast, scrapping or relaxing various Trudeau-era energy regulations, and “adjustments” to the oil tanker ban on B.C.’s north coast as necessary.
