Carney, Smith confirm energy announcement coming Friday

CALGARY — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith say they’ll be in Calgary on Friday to announce the next step in their landmark energy pact.

Carney says it will feature an implementation agreement on industrial carbon pricing and advance a potential new pipeline.

Neither he nor Smith shared more details, but the premier told the legislative assembly it would be another step toward resetting the province’s relationship with Ottawa.

The memorandum of understanding signed last year saw the two governments commit to a number of steps to eventually have a bitumen pipeline built to the West Coast.