Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she wants to harness a "once-in-a-generation" opportunity to become a "world-leading energy superpower" by building an oil pipeline from her province to B.C.'s north coast.

So, she announced on Wednesday that her government is providing $14 million for pipeline planning, adding that after recent conversations with Prime Minister Mark Carney, she is "more optimistic than ever."

But B.C. Premier David Eby points out that there is no private proponent, which is why Alberta must use tax dollars to fund planning for the project.

"Which should tell you everything you need to know about the reality of this project," he said at an unrelated press conference in Langford on Wednesday, Oct. 1. "It is not a real project."

First Nations on B.C.'s coast oppose the

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