B.C. Premier David Eby will speak live following the news that Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed a memorandum of understanding that commits them to working toward building an oil pipeline to the West Coast.

At a signing ceremony in Calgary on Thursday, the two agreed to terms that commit Ottawa to adjusting the West Coast tanker ban if a pipeline project is approved as a project of national interest under the Building Canada Act and provides “opportunities for Indigenous co-ownership and shared economic benefits.”

Eby is holding an availability at 12:30 p.m. PT to discuss the future of B.C.’s and Canada’s economy. That will be broadcast live above.

Eby has not said what steps his government would take to stop such a pipeline, which he has

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