OTTAWA — Conservatives are planning to force a debate and a vote in the House of Commons Tuesday about the recent deal struck by Ottawa and Alberta to build a new oil pipeline on the West Coast , in hopes of exposing divisions inside the Liberal caucus.

The motion, brought forward by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, calls on MPs to “take note” of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Alberta struck on Nov. 27 and to support the construction of “one or more pipelines” to export bitumen to Asian markets.

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Borrowing from the original text of the MOU, the motion also mentions the possibility of an “appropriate adjustment” to the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act — which the B.C. government and many Liberal MPs in the province are opposed to — to make this pipeline happ

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