CP NewsAlert: Carney to join Smith for Alberta oil pipeline update in Calgary today

CALGARY — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are set to hold a joint news conference today in Calgary on a proposed pipeline project.

Smith had set a July 1 deadline to submit a proposal for a new pipeline to the federal major projects office for possible fast tracking under Carney’s national building plan.

A news conference with Smith which had been set for Thursday morning was delayed to later in the day and Carney will be joining her for the event.

Smith’s government signed an agreement with the federal government last fall setting conditions for a possible bitumen pipeline to the West Coast.