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Cover of the A Pipeline in Search of a Market report

September 9, 2026

A Pipeline in Search of a Market

Economics and taxpayer risks

September 9, 2026

West Coast Pipeline remains a risky gamble for taxpayers

Absence of private investment signals fundamental risks of high costs, high tolls, weakening oil demand

Truck on road in oilsands

September 2, 2026

Fuelling Canada’s oil and gas emissions

Proposed oil and gas projects will only increase emissions from Canada’s highest emitting sector

New Pathways MOU relies on more taxpayer dollars for carbon capture, proposes government support for oil production

The non-binding agreement with the Oil Sands Alliance confirms carbon capture project has shrunk by half

Portrait of Janetta McKenzie

Alberta-Ontario pipeline proposal wrong remedy to energy security, economic diversification risks

Without any declared interest from private sector, neither Premier Smith nor Premier Ford ruled out the possibility of tens of billions of taxpayer dollars being spent on another new pipeline

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Unable to find a private company to back pipeline, governments resort to 90% taxpayer ownership

Today’s announcement breaks two promises that the federal and Alberta governments have repeatedly made to Canadians – that a pipeline would be privately financed and would be contingent on oilsands companies reducing their emissions

Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker

Full year without private sector interest confirms new West Coast pipeline is political, not economic

Despite extraordinary efforts by both the federal and provincial governments to clear the way for a pipeline to move ahead, companies recognize the near-term reality of peaking global oil demand

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Majority of Albertans don’t want taxpayer dollars used for pipeline; say province’s economy too dependent on oil and gas

Despite the latest spike in oil prices and months-long push by oil and gas industry for the stripping back of environmental regulations, Albertans are concerned about overreliance on single sector

Portrait of Janetta McKenzie

Electricity, Oil & Gas

Weakened industrial carbon price harms Canada’s economic future, abandons international commitments

Federal–Alberta deal continues string of major climate policy rollbacks, will slow low-carbon investment and job creation

Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker

Graph showing increased carbon emissions

Electricity, Oil & Gas

The consequences of weakening Alberta’s industrial carbon pricing

Delay to 2040 leads to 230 megatonnes of additional GHG emissions from the oil sands

The first page of the letter

Electricity, Oil & Gas

Joint letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney on Alberta-federal MOU

Pembina Institute and five other leading climate and clean energy organisations highlight urgent need for final agreement

Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker

Electricity, Oil & Gas

Leading clean energy experts warn Carney can’t “build Canada strong” without robust Alberta MOU outcomes

Canada stuck in “unhelpful feedback loop” of oil and gas expansion as global energy transition accelerates

Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker

Carbon Removal, Oil & Gas

Fact check: Oil Sands Alliance statement misrepresents both investment and emissions record

Capital spending dropped following 2014 price crash, emissions intensity flat and absolute emissions rising

Portrait of Janetta McKenzie

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