• Provinces call on Ottawa to expand mining credit

  Source: Global News Politics
  Date: 2026-10-10 12:17:12.0
  Tags: [National, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Taxation, Economy, Resources, Mining, Finance]

  Nearly half of Canada's provinces and territories—specifically Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and Yukon—are urging the federal Liberal government to fulfill its 2025 election promise to expand the mineral exploration tax credit to include engineering and feasibility study costs. The Association for Mineral Exploration and the Nunavut and N.W.T. Chamber of Mines argue this measure is crucial to help junior mining companies navigate the late-stage 'valley of death' financing gap. An Ernst & Young report commissioned by the association indicates that covering feasibility and economic viability studies could generate between 14,000 and 34,000 jobs and add $5.2 billion to $12.2 billion in GDP over 10 years. While Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne's office highlighted recent federal initiatives such as the Productivity Mega Deduction and the Critical Mineral Exploration Tax Credit, federal expenses under the Canadian exploration expenses framework still exclude economic assessments and feasibility studies.

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• West coast pipeline is in Canadian national interest: Carney, Smith in Fort McMurray

  Source: Alberta - Edmonton Journal (Legislature & Capital)
  Date: 2026-10-01 15:13:46.0
  Tags: [National, Alberta, British Columbia, Energy, Infrastructure, Economy]

  Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith jointly announced the designation of the Pacific Link oil pipeline project as a national interest undertaking under the One Canadian Economy Act. The pipeline will run 1 million barrels per day of crude oil from Bruderheim, Alberta, to southern British Columbia, featuring a new delivery terminal and marine export facility. The project will be developed, built, and operated by the federal Crown corporation Trans Mountain Corporation and the provincial Crown corporation Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission, each holding a 45 percent ownership stake, alongside a 10 percent interest by Pembina Pipeline Corporation. A review process involving the federal major projects office and the Canada Energy Regulator is targeted for completion by September 1 of next year, with construction potentially beginning immediately afterward, contingent on the Pathways carbon capture project offsetting emissions.

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• West Coast oil pipeline becomes 1st project designated in national interest

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-10-01 15:11:24.0
  Tags: [National, Alberta, British Columbia, Infrastructure, Energy, Economy]

  The federal and Alberta governments have designated a proposed West Coast oil pipeline as the first project under Schedule One of the Building Canada Act. Scheduled to open between 2032 and 2033, the pipeline will transport one million barrels of oil per day from Alberta to the British Columbia coast. Senior government officials project the project will boost Canada's GDP by up to $30 billion annually—including $20 billion directly from the pipeline and $10 billion from diversifying export markets away from the United States—while creating up to 140,000 jobs.

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• Carney set to make energy announcement in Vancouver

  Source: Global News Politics
  Date: 2026-09-29 17:34:43.0
  Tags: [National, British Columbia, Energy, Resources, Economy, Infrastructure]

  Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a major energy investment in Vancouver following LNG Canada's decision to proceed with the multibillion-dollar Phase 2 expansion of its liquefied natural gas export terminal in Kitimat, British Columbia. The expansion will double the facility's export capacity from 14 million to 28 million tonnes of LNG per year, making it one of the largest LNG facilities globally. The federal government estimates the project will attract $33 billion in private sector capital and generate over $50 billion in government revenues over its lifetime.

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• LNG Canada expansion gets go-ahead, as Carney set to highlight 'historic investment' in Canadian energy

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-09-29 11:13:02.0
  Tags: [National, British Columbia, Energy, Environment, Resources, Economy]

  Shell Canada Energy confirmed a final investment decision to move forward with the multibillion-dollar LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, British Columbia. The expansion project involves a joint venture including Shell Canada Energy, Petronas, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corporation, and Korea Gas Corp. The development is projected to roughly double the production and export capacity of liquefied natural gas from 14 million to 28 million tonnes annually. Prime Minister Mark Carney highlighted the development as a historic investment in Canada's energy sector, though environmentalists and critics raised concerns regarding increased natural gas extraction emissions, fracking-induced earthquakes, and climate impacts.

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• U.S. bans on Canadian booze hit producers on one of the trade war's thorniest fronts

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-09-29 08:00:00.0
  Tags: [National, British Columbia, Trade, Economy, Industry, Agriculture]

  As part of an escalating Canada-U.S. trade war, the U.S. federal government implemented an import ban prohibiting certain Canadian products—including specific alcohol items, dairy byproducts, molasses, and motorcycles—from crossing the border entirely. The restrictions disproportionately affect independent operators like British Columbia-based distillery Sons of Vancouver, while sparing major multinational spirits companies due to exemptions for bulk shipments over certain volumes. Trade data shows the U.S. previously imported $673 million US in spirits from Canada in 2025, with Spirits Canada noting that about 93 per cent of exported Canadian liquor is destined for the U.S. market. The measures follow retaliatory moves by Canadian provincial premiers who pulled U.S.-made alcohol from provincially run liquor store shelves in March 2025 in response to initial American tariffs.

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• Feds’ tariff response requires a ‘Team Canada’ approach, expert says

  Source: Global News Politics
  Date: 2026-09-24 17:28:49.0
  Tags: [National, Ontario, British Columbia, Trade, Economy, Municipal]

  A report released by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, in partnership with the City of London and Ivey Business School, emphasizes the need for a Team Canada approach to navigate the uneven impacts of the ongoing U.S.-Canada trade war. Ivey Business School economist Romel Mostafa and London Mayor Josh Morgan highlighted that municipal governments possess critical ground-level intelligence regarding tariff pressures on industries like forestry, mining, and automotive manufacturing. The unpredictability of the U.S. economic relationship has caused investment and job creation pauses, exemplified by London recording an unemployment rate of 9.1 per cent in March due to labor force migration from smaller tariff-hit communities.

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• From pipelines, to railways and AI: Ottawa pitches 167 projects ahead of Carney's investment summit

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-09-10 21:20:00.0
  Tags: [National, Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Infrastructure, Energy, Transportation, Economy, Technology]

  The federal government has released a 66-page prospectus outlining 167 investment projects across eight sectors ahead of the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto, co-hosted by Prime Minister Mark Carney alongside the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Public Sector Pension Investment Board to attract $1 trillion in international capital. Notable infrastructure and energy proposals featured in the document include a $57 billion US expansion of the Port of Churchill, a $44 billion Nova Scotia Wind West offshore wind project, a $35 billion West Coast Oil Pipeline connecting Alberta crude to British Columbia, a $28.5 billion Ksi Lisims LNG terminal project on the B.C. coast, a $10.9 billion Calgary-to-Edmonton high-speed passenger rail line, a $2.1 billion US South Bow Prairie Connector pipeline expansion, and a $14.5 billion data centre near Medicine Hat, Alberta. The pitch aims to diversify Canada's trade and energy export markets amid escalating U.S.-Canada trade tensions while highlighting assets ranging from fully permitted, shovel-ready initiatives to preliminary-stage critical mineral developments.

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• Liberals win B.C. riding of North-Vancouver Capilano in federal byelection

  Source: Global News Politics
  Date: 2026-09-01 05:27:38.0
  Tags: [National, British Columbia, Governance, Trade, Economy]

  Braeden Caley, former deputy chief of staff to Prime Minister Mark Carney, won the federal byelection in the British Columbia riding of North Vancouver-Capilano, securing the seat for the Liberal Party. The byelection follows the resignation of former cabinet minister Jonathan Wilkinson in June to serve as Canada's ambassador to the European Union. Concurrently, the Liberal Party clinched two other federal byelections held on the same day in the Toronto riding of Beaches-East York and the Quebec riding of Chicoutimi—Le Fjord. The electoral victories coincide with federal political messaging centered on opposing unjust United States tariffs, boosting domestic industries, and advancing infrastructure and conservation projects in British Columbia.

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• Helping businesses adapt, grow, create jobs through new grants

  Source: British Columbia - Government News
  Date: 2026-08-28 18:15:00.0
  Tags: [British Columbia, National, Economy, Labour, Industry, Indigenous]

  The Governments of Canada and British Columbia have launched a $2.7 million funding initiative under Phase 2 of the Rural and Remote Employment Initiatives Fund to support northern B.C. businesses and First Nations development corporations responding to global tariffs. Administered by the Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDIT), the funding is split into two programs opening for applications on September 2, 2026: the Business Diversification and Sustainability (BDS) program, which provides grants of up to $200,000 covering up to 75% of project costs for small and medium-sized businesses totaling $1.8 million, and the First Nations Business Development Capacity Building program, which provides up to $75,000 per applicant covering up to 90% of eligible costs totaling $900,000. The investment is supported by federal funding through the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement as part of a broader $5-million provincial response to tariffs.

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• Minister’s statement about Committee on Internal Trade meeting

  Source: British Columbia - Government News
  Date: 2026-08-28 15:38:00.0
  Tags: [British Columbia, National, Trade, Labour, Economy, Governance]

  Federal, provincial, and territorial trade ministers met on August 27, 2026, to ratify amendments to the Canadian Free Trade Agreement establishing a 30-day service standard for labour mobility applications. Ministers committed to signing an agreement by the end of 2026 for the free trade of services and accelerated work on model mutual-recognition legislation by fall 2026. British Columbia previously advanced this domestic trade agenda by passing the Trade Recognition Act (Bill 5) in February 2026, signing a direct-to-consumer alcohol sales agreement targeting implementation by February 2027, and collaborating on the Canadian Mutual Recognition Agreement on the Sale of Goods in November 2025.

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• Interprovincial trade barriers are falling. But rewriting old rules will take time

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-08-28 14:14:49.0
  Tags: [National, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Trade, Economy, Industry]

  Federal and provincial ministers met in Iqaluit and Prince Edward Island to advance interprovincial trade agreements, building on a recent nine-province accord allowing direct-to-consumer alcohol sales across provincial lines. International Monetary Fund estimates indicate that removing internal trade barriers could increase Canada's real grossD product by up to seven per cent, or approximately $210 billion, over the long term. Priorities for ongoing discussions include securing a freer flow of services by the end of the year, harmonizing approval processes for prefabricated homes and building materials, and facilitating food trade. Meanwhile, University of Ottawa professor Wolfgang Alschner is utilizing artificial intelligence to catalogue approximately 17,000 regulatory texts across Canada to systematically identify and eliminate unnecessary trade divergences.

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