Alberta Premier Danielle Smith formally submitted a proposal Thursday for the West Coast Pipeline, a new project running from Bruderheim, Alberta, to the southwest coast of British Columbia along the existing Trans Mountain corridor. Prime Minister Mark Carney accepted the plan as a project of national interest, framing it as an equal federal-provincial partnership. He noted that the Trans Mountain Corporation will handle planning and construction, with Pembina Pipeline Corporation contributing its commercial experience and financial rigor. Carney’s remark about that company’s role referred to the private-sector strengths being brought into the venture. The same day, Carney and B.C. Premier David Eby signed a separate agreement that leaves the northern B.C. oil tanker ban untouched. Eby stated his province will not legally challenge the pipeline proposal, while Coastal First Nations praised the tanker-ban preservation.