OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says British Columbia “has to agree” on a potential pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific coast.

Carney is expected to unveil a memorandum of understanding on a new energy pact with Alberta in Calgary on Thursday that likely will include language about a new pipeline.

In question period today, Carney said that MOU would lay out “necessary conditions” for a possible pipeline but didn’t elaborate on what those are.

In the government’s climate competitiveness strategy released earlier this month, Ottawa committed to reinforced methane regulations and a strengthened industrial carbon pricing system.

Both are expected to be part of a deal with Alberta, according to a clean energy industry source who is familiar with the negotiations but not authorized to p

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