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The proposal has received pushback from B.C.’s government and coastal First Nations and serves as a potential test for the Ottawa-Alberta relationship under Carney’s government.

Carney announced that Thursday would be the date for the second batch of projects to be named while speaking at a budget-related announcement in New Brunswick, where he teased that some of that province’s desired projects would be included in the upcoming announcement.

He had

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