Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been pressuring Prime Minister Mark Carney for months on a new pipeline to the BC coast, and after a new MOU, she’s closer than ever. Host Noor Azrieh unpacks this deal with The Hub’s Falice Chin.

Plus, a mini cabinet shuffle. And reporter Sam Konnert takes us behind the velvet rope of the Hill’s E-list “exclusive” event.

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guests: Falice Chin

Background reading:

• How political timing influenced the confusing pipeline MOU – The Hub
• Ottawa, Alberta sign energy deal signalling major shift in relationship – The Globe and Mail
• Carney’s Alberta pipeline deal weakens climate policies – The Narwhal
• Treaty 6 Nations ‘disappointed’ in lack of consultation on MOU – APTN 

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