PJ The Belt - June 27, 2026


Trump Just Gave Alberta A WAY OUT of Canada..


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8 minutes

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1,412

Sentence count

97

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4

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On the heels of the Keystone XL pipeline being approved by the U.S. government, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada doesn t need any more oil pipeline projects. What does that mean? And what does it mean for Canada s oil and gas industry?

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00:00:00.000 I don't think I've heard you say this in all of the talk about Canada becoming the 51st state.
00:00:04.520 Are you concerned that if they became the 51st state, they would be a very, very blue state?
00:00:11.140 Very, very vague and very, very blue.
00:00:12.880 No, they might be, but it would, you know, you have that artificial line that goes,
00:00:17.840 that straight artificial, that looked like it was drawn by a ruler.
00:00:21.320 Somebody with a, I don't mean a ruler like a king, I mean like a ruler like a ruler.
00:00:25.360 This way.
00:00:26.440 It's just an artificial line that was drawn in the sand.
00:00:29.160 And you add that to this country, what a beautiful landmass, the most beautiful landmass anywhere
00:00:34.660 in the world.
00:00:35.660 This is a presidential permit authorizing the Bridger pipeline, sir.
00:00:39.460 This is a transporter pipeline similar to the old Keystone XL pipeline.
00:00:43.160 It will significantly expand our ability to move oil around North America, oil and gas
00:00:48.260 around North America.
00:00:49.260 The pipeline will only be advanced with the following prerequisites being met.
00:00:54.340 The first is the building of pathways, renamed the Oil Sands Alliance.
00:00:57.660 Secondly, it requires that British Columbians share substantial economic and financial benefits
00:01:03.140 from projects that include or impact them.
00:01:05.800 And thirdly, it requires fully respecting Canada's duty to consult under Section 35 of the Constitution.
00:01:14.380 Got a tweet here by Canada Proud.
00:01:16.640 Breaking.
00:01:17.300 Mark Carney just had the audacity to suggest that Canada doesn't need any pipelines.
00:01:23.360 I'm not surprised he'd say that.
00:01:25.200 Let's have a listen.
00:01:25.720 One of my questions was, is this pipeline going to come?
00:01:28.660 It's so boring.
00:01:30.220 It's not actually for a part of the country.
00:01:32.840 It is because it's, look, it's, don't worry, we're on it.
00:01:35.880 We're on it.
00:01:36.280 Like, we're on it.
00:01:36.840 But there is this whole world.
00:01:39.320 Okay, hands up.
00:01:40.260 Who's working on the pipeline in this?
00:01:41.620 The arrogance.
00:01:43.140 Okay.
00:01:43.820 Isn't that a problem?
00:01:44.600 No, no, no.
00:01:47.280 Look at all the variety.
00:01:48.400 Like, Nav, like, does your, like, it's, we have.
00:01:53.860 yeah if there's more prosperity they'll get more what is he talking about cell phone services but
00:01:58.640 look look okay so what's going to drive one of the things with yeah don't worry we're on the
00:02:03.660 we're on the pipeline stuff danielle's on line one don't worry it's going to happen but well
00:02:08.520 something's going to happen let's put it that way um it's not very good negotiating by my perspective
00:02:13.260 so word salad after word salad insulting alberta insulting our oil and gas industry and of course
00:02:20.240 making fun of our premier. That is where we're at in the negotiations with Canada's liberal
00:02:26.780 government. The arrogance and dismissiveness is really nothing new. This is just how the federal
00:02:32.360 government has treated the West for decades. And anyone, anyone who thought Mark Carney would be
00:02:38.500 different is a fool. Now, as you may have heard, we're also advancing discussions on a potential 0.96
00:02:44.660 pipeline to transport at least 1 million barrels a day of low-emission Alberta
00:02:49.480 crude to Asian markets. The pipeline will only be advanced with the following
00:02:54.520 prerequisites being met. The first is the building of Pathways, renamed the Oil Sands
00:02:59.880 Alliance. This is the world's largest carbon capture utilization and storage
00:03:04.060 project. It will make Alberta oil amongst the lowest carbon intensity per barrel
00:03:11.220 produce, in other words, on a Scope 1, Scope 2 basis.
00:03:15.100 Secondly, it requires that British Columbians should share substantial economic and financial
00:03:21.600 benefits from projects that include or impact them.
00:03:26.460 And thirdly, it requires fully respecting Canada's duty to consult under Section 35
00:03:33.200 of the Constitution.
00:03:34.920 Non-negotiable.
00:03:40.040 And that includes whether to designate a project being in the national interest.
00:03:45.720 That includes the conditions placed on the project.
00:03:50.700 And it includes ensuring Indigenous economic benefits, partnerships, and opportunities
00:03:56.320 for co-ownership.
00:04:03.420 An executive order authorizing a new pipeline to transport Canadian oil to the United States
00:04:08.720 has been signed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
00:04:11.700 The Bridger Pipeline is a joint proposal from Canadian pipeline company South Bell
00:04:16.080 and U.S.-based Bridger Pipeline with a section in southwestern Saskatchewan.
00:04:20.940 Jacob Carr has the reaction in our province.
00:04:23.800 Premier Scott Moe says the potential revival of parts of the cancelled Keystone XL pipeline project
00:04:29.720 is good news for the province and the country.
00:04:32.420 Moe taking to social media saying expanded pipeline capacity helps strengthen energy security,
00:04:38.140 supports jobs and improves market access for Canadian producers.
00:04:42.260 Adding, we will continue to support infrastructure that connects our resources
00:04:45.700 to reliable markets and drives economic growth for Saskatchewan people.
00:04:49.920 This after President Donald Trump signed an order authorizing the proposed project,
00:04:54.280 which would cut through the southwest corner of the province
00:04:56.860 and along the border between Saskatchewan and Montana.
00:05:00.000 Former pipeline builder and current editor and owner of Pipeline Online,
00:05:03.900 Brian Zinchuk agrees that it is high time that this project come to its full fruition.
00:05:09.420 I first started writing about Keystone XL around 2008.
00:05:12.900 So here we are 18 years later and it's finally might see some progress to see this actually happen in a different form than the original,
00:05:21.860 but still it is a new export pipeline to the U.S.
00:05:25.880 So there's great benefits of that.
00:05:27.800 Benefits that according to Zinchuk would include job creation during the construction of the pipeline and a growing economy due to more oil wells and oil sands.
00:05:36.640 The Canadian company behind the cancelled Keystone XL pipeline, Southpaw, is partnering with U.S. company Bridger Pipeline on the proposed project.
00:05:44.840 And of course, you got this clown from British Columbia, David Eby, talking about no pipelines being built through the West Coast, the Canadian West Coast, which is British Columbia. 0.98
00:05:55.720 And now he's bringing in the First Nations, the Aboriginals, the ones who will join him, because, of course, they're not all the same. 0.96
00:06:04.480 There's a lot of First Nations, native Canadians who support the development of energy projects in Canada. 1.00
00:06:12.480 There's a whole lot of them.
00:06:14.220 But, of course, this guy is only going to bring the ones who reject energy development. 0.98
00:06:20.160 Let's have a listen to what this clown had to say.
00:06:22.240 I'll point out what is obvious to me and has yet to fully sink in for some individuals, which is that there is no pipeline project across the north. 0.94
00:06:33.900 There is no route. There is no proponent. There is no financing.
00:06:39.680 Simply because the premier of Alberta would like to get rid of the oil tanker ban on the north coast does not mean that anybody wants to build this pipeline.
00:06:48.360 it would cost 40 to 50 billion dollars. It would require navigating a consensus at the provincial
00:06:58.360 and coastal First Nations level that has a different approach to growing our economy by
00:07:03.140 developing our coast. And so I don't, I'll be blunt, I don't see any prospect of a pipeline
00:07:11.180 unless it is fully taxpayer funded and the federal government forces it through over provincial
00:07:15.940 and indigenous objections so it's it's really difficult for me to shadow box with a non-existent
00:07:21.480 project that has non-existent benefits because it will never be built and and it's not going to
00:07:27.280 happen the arrogance of this guy man of course when he's talking about the government having
00:07:31.480 to buy the pipeline and spend 30 40 50 billion dollars on a pipeline he's referring to the latest
00:07:37.220 liberal disaster which was trans mountain trans mountain pipeline was supposed to be built by a
00:07:42.980 private company. And it wasn't going to cost more than $15 billion. So idiot King Trudeau decides
00:07:49.980 to buy the pipeline because he created such a hostile environment for any sort of private 1.00
00:07:55.860 sector company to build that pipe that he had to buy it. So he purchases, right? He goes in,
00:08:01.300 I'm the hero. I'll save the pipeline. He buys it. Pipeline was supposed to be built for less
00:08:06.100 than $15 billion by the original proponent, the private sector. And it ended up ballooning to
00:08:12.160 well over $35 billion. And then he's talking about, oh, well, there's no proponent. Of course,
00:08:17.520 there's not going to be a proponent. There are so many laws and regulations that are
00:08:21.620 anti-energy development. Like you have a tanker ban on the BC coast. But what's incredible is that
00:08:28.600 Alaska has no such ban. So you see tankers going south from Alaska to Washington state
00:08:36.080 and north from Washington State towards Alaska going by the B.C. coast.
00:08:41.980 But Canadians, Western Canadians, God forbid we export our energy using that coast.