The province plans to announce more details on Thursday, potentially including information around a route or a corridor for the proposed one-million-barrel-per-day oil pipeline, The Logic has learned. For now, no private proponent is publicly attached to the pipeline, and the Alberta government is leading efforts to shepherd it through the initial federal approval process, The Globe and Mail reported. (The Logic, The Globe and Mail)

Talking point: Alberta is pushing for a national-interest designation for its proposed oil pipeline even though it has not yet reached a trilateral agreement with the federal government and the Oil Sands Alliance on a major carbon capture project known as Pathways. Ottawa has said federal approval for the pipeline is “mutually dependent” on Pathways. However, industry support for the multibillion-dollar project has softened as a growing chorus of oilsands leaders have questioned its commercial viability. “Negotiations are ongoing and constructive,” Sam Blackett, press secretary to Premier Danielle Smith, said Monday. Alberta is moving to meet timelines targeting federal approval by Oct. 1. B.C.’s premier has repeatedly opposed a West Coast pipeline, citing environmental risks and opposition from some Indigenous communities.