October 14, 2025
Long before Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced her government’s intention to submit a bitumen pipeline proposal to the federal government’s new Major Projects Office, the battle lines had already been drawn.
Through the summer and fall of 2025, the federal government’s consultations on Bill C-5—the part known as the Building Canada Act—triggered a flood of communiqués from environmental groups and First Nations organizations across the country.
Their message was remarkably consistent.