There's a lot to do before this project begins, the deal is basically a "No Deal"

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“As a country, it’s time to stop rewarding bad behaviour,” the premier said.

“It cannot be the case that the projects that get prioritized in Canada are those where a premier threatens to leave the country.”

As well, he says, B.C.’s opposition to a repeal of the North Coast tanker ban has not changed.

On this point, Marilyn Slett, president of the Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative and elected Chief of the Heiltsuk Nation, is in strong agreement.

“Today’s announcement does nothing to increase the chances of a pipeline and oil tankers route to the North Coast ever becoming a reality,” she said. 

“We have heard directly from the Prime Minister and the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Tim Hodgson, that no project, and no route, will proceed without the support of affected First Nations and the province in which it is proposed.”

UBC political science lecturer Stewart Prest says this MOU “once again leaves B.C. outside the room where it happens.”

“We continue to see the federal government pursuing a bilateral relationship with the province of Alberta about a pipeline that mostly will be going through British Columbia. And I think that has to be frustrating for the province and the premier and for anyone in the province…seeing themselves having a stake in the outcome.”

Prest says this MOU is a clear-cut case of the squeaky wheel getting the grease.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/05/15/bc-eby-speaks-out-against-alberta-canada-pipeline-mou/