Carney fast-tracks a West Coast pipeline
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Carney fast-tracks a West Coast pipeline

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 2, 202622 min
  • Conversation
  • Politics
  • About Canada

Prime Minister Mark Carney puts a West Coast pipeline on the approval fast track ahead of the Alberta referendum. The Parti Québécois emerges as an election frontrunner. And another Conservative MP announces his departure. Rosemary Barton hosts Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj.

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Hi there, I'm Rosemary Barton this week on At Issue, the podcast edition for Thursday, October 1st. A pipeline to the West Coast is part of our mission to transform our economy, to double our non-U.S.

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