Alberta is building the machine. The question is whether BC shows up to run it. – Resource Works
May 13, 2026
The Smith-Carney pipeline MOU, the carbon price fight, the BRIK gambit, and what it all means for British Columbia’s resource economy.
Danielle Smith walked out of her meeting with Mark Carney last week and changed one word. “If” became “when.”
The pipeline memorandum of understanding, signed in November, is moving toward finalization. A million barrels a day to tidewater. A federal government that has, for the first time in a decade, put its name on a document committing to expanded oil export capacity. I wrote last week about Fatih Birol’s remarkable reversal and Jon McKenzie’s public rebuke of Canadian energy policy. The signals from the IEA and from Calgary’s boardrooms are converging. What deserves closer examination now is the deal itself, its mechanics, and what it means for British Columbia.
