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Danielle Smith: “This is transformational wealth, an opportunity neither Canada nor Alberta could afford to leave unrealized, which is…”

On the recordJuly 3, 2026
This is transformational wealth, an opportunity neither Canada nor Alberta could afford to leave unrealized, which is why I’m happy to stand here today and say that Alberta’s government has formally filed our West Coast oil pipeline submission to the Federal Major Projects Office.
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Danielle Smith

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Announcement of West Coast oil pipeline submission

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