The oil pipeline feud testing Canada's global ambitions
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Getty Images British Columbia Premier David Eby (left) has dismissed hopes of building a pipeline through his province, prompting Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (right) to call him "un-Canadian"
As Canada looks to untangle itself economically from the US, the country's landlocked oil patch is eyeing new customers in Asia through a pipeline to the Pacific. Not everyone is on board. The oil-rich province of Alberta has had one demand for Prime Minister Mark Carney: Help us build an oil pipeline - and fast. It's no small task - in fact, some argue it has become near-impossible to build a pipeline in Canada because of laws designed to bolster environmental protections. Three oil pipelines have died on the vine in the past decade over fierce opposition. But Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is not deterred. Her conservative government has taken the unusual step of drafting its own proposal for a pipeline fr
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