Eby fires back at Ford over suggestion B.C. would accept 2nd oil pipeline
B.C. Premier David Eby says he won't be throwing his support behind a new oil pipeline through the province, dismissing Ontario Premier Doug Ford's suggestion that Eby would change his mind.
Eby says in response to Ford's remarks on Monday that the publicly-owned TMX pipeline is already running through B.C., and the province doesn't support lifting the ban on oil tankers off British Columbia's northern coast.
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He says it's not his job to tell Ford it's 'extremely unlikely' there will be a tunnel under Toronto's Highway 401, or tell Alberta Premier Danielle Smith her 'vision' for a pipeline connecting Alberta and northern B.C. is 'many, many years off' with no proponent in sight.
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Eby says his job instead is to protect the interests of British Columbia by bringing forward 'shovel-ready' projects.
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Ford had said heading into a meeting between premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney that he was confident Eby and Carney would 'work things out' regarding a second pipeline.
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Eby was speaking Tuesday from Osaka, Japan, on a 10-day trade mission in Asia, and deputy premier Niki Sharma represented B.C. at the meeting of premiers in Saskatoon.
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