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Canada's West Coast pipeline: Is politics undermining the free-market?
15 minutes Posted Jul 6, 2026 at 4:36 pm.
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Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the massive public investment required for a new pipeline to Canada's West Coast that was announced over the Canada Day weekend. They explore how political negotiations burdened the project with costly conditions, including carbon sequestration requirements and provincial concessions. Finally, they examine whether Alberta is abandoning its free-market principles by embracing "Laurentian Capitalism" and the long-term risks this poses to the province's economic advantage.


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CREDITS:


Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer and Editor


Rudyard Griffiths - Host


Todd Korol/The Canadian Press - Photo Credit


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