Nearly a decade after former prime minister Justin Trudeau pulled the plug on the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline to B.C.’s North Coast , it appears the concept may be back on the drawing board.

New Prime Minister Mark Carney has pledged to fast-track a series of new “nation-building” industrial projects in response to the ongoing trade war with the United States.

And a new Northwest Coast Oil Pipeline could be one of those priorities, according to a list of 32 major projects obtained by newspaper The Globe and Mail this week.

The proposal, described as being in the “concept” phase, could be pursued within a larger economic corridor, and would link “Canadian heavy crude to markets in Asia,” the Globe reports.

The list includes a heavy focus on Western Canada, with other projects

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