https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cenovus-oil-panama-canal-1.5635939
Because Canada has not and cannot build a pipeline coast to coast, Alberta oil may soon be sent to BC ports and then by ship down the Pacific Ocean through the Panama Canal and back up the Atlantic to the Maritimes. This is a national embarrassment which on the surface seems surreal. Because Canada is a loose federation of provinces with too much power and a relative weak central government structure, Quebec has been able to prevent a pipeline bringing Alberta oil to the Maritimes.
Because Canada has not and cannot build a pipeline coast to coast, Alberta oil may soon be sent to BC ports and then by ship down the Pacific Ocean through the Panama Canal and back up the Atlantic to the Maritimes. This is a national embarrassment which on the surface seems surreal. Because Canada is a loose federation of provinces with too much power and a relative weak central government structure, Quebec has been able to prevent a pipeline bringing Alberta oil to the Maritimes.
