In a nudge to the federal government, Premier Doug Ford is taking another step in his push for an east-west energy pipeline by ordering a feasibility study into the potential project amid a trade war with the U.S.

The study backed by Alberta and Saskatchewan will look at costs as well as route options linking oil and natural gas from the two western provinces to “new and established refineries” in southern Ontario and new ports on the Great Lakes, Hudson Bay and James Bay, Ford said in a statement Thursday.

“This nation-building pipeline and energy corridor will unite our country and help unlock new markets for Canada’s energy resources that will reduce our dependence on the United States,” Ford added.

But there are no private sector companies proposing any such pipelines as yet.

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