A new pipeline would have to come with a carbon capture project. Will that bring jobs?

Before a bitumen pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia’s northwest coast can be built, there's another box that needs to be checked: a massive investment in carbon capture and storage in central Alberta.

That precondition for a pipeline — laid out in the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Alberta and Ottawa — refers to Pathways Plus, a major project proposed by the Pathways Alliance, a consortium of Canadian oilsands companies. It would see a large carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project established near Cold Lake, Alta.

Now, a new initiative in Calgary from non-profit Carbon Management Canada is aiming to train more than 1,000 skilled workers to work at Pathways Alliance and other carbon capture projects in Alberta.

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