Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney faces his first real challenge to Canadian unity amid a soured relationship with the long-time trade partner and ally, the United States.
A movement to secede from Canada is growing in the oil-rich province of Alberta, which contributes a large part to Canadian economy and budget and has the highest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita among Canadian provinces.
The Prime Minister did not elaborate on what specific kind of pipeline he would seek to create consensus for, he has previously said that “We have to choose a few projects, a few big projects, not necessarily pipelines, but maybe pipelines. We’ll see,” in comments on the Liberals’ campaign for turning Canada into an energy superpower by combining both oil and gas, and alternative energy sources, of which, the campaign claims, Canada has unlimited resources.