David Eby says he doesn’t get why Ottawa is focused on pipeline, not B.C. softwood

VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby said he doesn’t understand why the federal government continues to push a new oil pipeline from Alberta, while it fails to include B.C.’s softwood lumber industry in its latest round of tariff relief.

He said it’s unclear to him why Prime Minister Mark Carney said last week that a new pipeline is “more likely than not,” when no private proponent for the project has yet come forward.

“We haven’t seen anything to indicate that this project is any further along than it was a year ago now, with much hype, and not a lot of material reality,” he told reporters Monday at

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