Eby Says Meeting With Carney, Smith Cordial But His Opposition to Pipeline Remains

Prime Minister Mark Carney sits with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and B.C. Premier David Eby at the start of a meeting in the prime minister's office in Ottawa on Jan. 28, 2026. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

B.C. Premier David Eby said a Jan. 28 meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was “civil” in tone but that his opposition to a proposed oil pipeline from Alberta to B.C.’s north coast hasn’t changed.

The trilateral meeting is the first since Carney and Smith signed a Nov. 27 memorandum of understanding (MOU), which included the proposal for one or more oil pipelines from Alberta to the B.C. coast, scrapping or relaxing various Trudeau-era energy regulations, and “adjustments” to the oil tanker ban on B.C.’s north coast as necessary.