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Canada–Alberta Memorandum of Understanding on energy collaboration (Canada–Alberta MOU (2025-11-27))

Signed in Calgary on 27 November 2025. Canada and Alberta agree to treat a bitumen pipeline carrying at least one million barrels a day to Asian markets as a project of national interest; "Canada will not implement the Oil and Gas Emissions Cap"; the north-coast tanker ban is to be adjusted "if necessary"; the Clean Electricity Regulations are suspended in Alberta; Indigenous co-ownership is offered and the governments agree to "engage meaningfully" with Indigenous Peoples, with no language on consent. An implementation agreement followed on 15 May 2026.

Stages

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1. Announced 27 November 2025
   Canada–Alberta MOU sets a path to a bitumen pipeline of at least 1 million barrels a day to Asian markets, adjusting the tanker ban if necessary

Events

• 19 February 2026Whitefish Lake, Frog Lake and Beaver Lake Cree challenge the Canada–Alberta energy MOU and Pathways CCS in Federal Court (Onion Lake and Kehewin in separate cases)ActionCourt rulingAlberta1 source
• 9 December 2025Commons defeats Conservative motion backing a West Coast pipeline in the Canada–Alberta MOU's wording; only Conservatives vote yesActionLegislationCanada5 sources
• 27 November 2025Canada–Alberta MOU sets a path to a bitumen pipeline of at least 1 million barrels a day to Asian markets, adjusting the tanker ban if necessaryDocumentAgreementCanada2 sources
• 27 November 2025Poilievre on the Canada–Alberta MOU: a Conservative government 'would approve a pipeline to the Pacific without a carbon tax, without delay, without excuses'StatementStatementCanada2 sources