Alberta Premier Brad Smith submitted a formal proposal for the West Coast Pipeline project to the federal government, routing it along the existing Trans Mountain corridor from Bruderheim, Alberta, to British Columbia’s southwest coast. The project, described by Prime Minister Mark Carney as an equal partnership between Canada and Alberta, will be built and operated jointly by Trans Mountain Corporation and Pembina Pipeline Corporation. Speaking after the submission, Smith stated flatly that the pipeline serves Canada’s national interest. The chosen southern route avoids a northern British Columbia path because a federal moratorium on oil tankers along that coast remains in place. B.C. Premier David Eby, who signed a separate infrastructure agreement with Carney, confirmed the province will not legally oppose the pipeline but secured safeguards and compensation for environmental risks. Coastal First Nations, longtime opponents of northern tanker traffic, applauded the preserved ban.