BC’s Eby Says He’s Not Blocking Smith’s North Coast Pipeline but There’s No Money or Proponent for Project

BC’s Eby Says He’s Not Blocking Smith’s North Coast Pipeline but There’s No Money or Proponent for Project
B.C. Premier David Eby arrives for an announcement about mining in the province, in Vancouver, on May 26, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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British Columbia Premier David Eby says he’s not blocking Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s plan to build a pipeline to his province’s northern coast, but that there is currently no proponent or money for the project. 
“I’m not the one who stands between Premier Smith and a pipeline to the coast. There’s no proponent, there’s no money, there’s no project right now,” Eby said during a June 9 press conference in Seoul, South Korea at the end of a 10-day trade tour through Asia.