Questions remain over Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's proposed pipeline to B.C.

So it sounds like now we're going to get details at about 8 p.m. Eastern time, the last we heard tonight.

But Negan, you know, the July 1st deadline to announce this newly proposed pipeline did pass.

The project is also supposed to be led by a private proponent, and there are reports there still is not one.

I guess your thoughts on where things are at with this project, knowing that an announcement's coming potentially later tonight.

Well, all of us are like keeping our phones within like inches of us right now because everything seems to be very fluid.

We're hearing, you know, with only a few minutes or a few, you know, within an hour that the prime minister's schedule is shifting.

That tells you, just imagine if we're feeling like our head is spinning, imagine what's going on on the ground.

We've got a major announcement with British Columbia incentivizing them to maybe take their foot off the gas in terms of pressure for Alberta by being promised a bunch of money for infrastructure.

The fact is there is no proponent for the Alberta proposed pipeline.

That proposal date has now passed.

There is going to be some sort of extension to that proposal.

And what we're hearing is that Prime Minister Carney is going to fly and join with the Premier of Alberta, Daniel Smith, to make some kind of announcement.

I don't expect any major surprise there, but who knows? Things have been crazier in the past.

Imagine when we all said that the Trans Mountain Pipeline was not going to happen, and then boom, the federal government suddenly owned a pipeline.

So just remember that these things move very quickly.

And when the government wants something to be done, which it seems to be in this case, especially considering all the different rumblings in Alberta around federal discontent and Mark Carney wanting to sort of bring the country together in an economic fashion.

I wouldn't be surprised to see something this evening.

But right now, it all relies on the Pathways Project, the carbon capture project.

The fact is that no proponents will join on this, any pipeline, when they have to then pay for carbon capture.

So unless there's some kind of incentivization for one of those five major companies, I'm not seeing a proponent come on board anytime soon.

Jennifer, there is some talk though that a consortium of First Nations may take the lead on this pipeline.

What could that mean for the possibility of it moving forward?

Well, I think that would definitely change the conversation, especially when any time we've seen First Nations across Canada become major investors or even owners in different infrastructure projects like this.

It creates quite the buzz and it also sets the stage for the conversations that come after that, especially around consultation and consent.

You know, I think that First Nations consortiums don't automatically mean that every First Nation community is in support of big energy projects like this.

So it sounds like now we're going to get details at about 8 p.m. Eastern time, the last we heard tonight.

But Negan, you know, the July 1st deadline to announce this newly proposed pipeline did pass.

The project is also supposed to be led by a private proponent, and there are reports there still is not one.

I guess your thoughts on where things are at with this project, knowing that an announcement's coming potentially later tonight.

Well, all of us are like keeping our phones within like inches of us right now because everything seems to be very fluid.

We're hearing, you know, with only a few minutes or a few, you know, within an hour that the prime minister's schedule is shifting.

That tells you, just imagine if we're feeling like our head is spinning, imagine what's going on on the ground.

We've got a major announcement with British Columbia incentivizing them to maybe take their foot off the gas in terms of pressure for Alberta by being promised a bunch of money for infrastructure.

The fact is there is no proponent for the Alberta proposed pipeline.

That proposal date has now passed.

There is going to be some sort of extension to that proposal.

And what we're hearing is that Prime Minister Carney is going to fly and join with the Premier of Alberta, Daniel Smith, to make some kind of announcement.

I don't expect any major surprise there, but who knows? Things have been crazier in the past.

Imagine when we all said that the Trans Mountain Pipeline was not going to happen, and then boom, the federal government suddenly owned a pipeline.

So just remember that these things move very quickly.

And when the government wants something to be done, which it seems to be in this case, especially considering all the different rumblings in Alberta around federal discontent and Mark Carney wanting to sort of bring the country together in an economic fashion.

I wouldn't be surprised to see something this evening.

But right now, it all relies on the Pathways Project, the carbon capture project.

The fact is that no proponents will join on this, any pipeline, when they have to then pay for carbon capture.

So unless there's some kind of incentivization for one of those five major companies, I'm not seeing a proponent come on board anytime soon.

Jennifer, there is some talk though that a consortium of First Nations may take the lead on this pipeline.

What could that mean for the possibility of it moving forward?

Well, I think that would definitely change the conversation, especially when any time we've seen First Nations across Canada become major investors or even owners in different infrastructure projects like this.

It creates quite the buzz and it also sets the stage for the conversations that come after that, especially around consultation and consent.

You know, I think that First Nations consortiums don't automatically mean that every First Nation community is in support of big energy projects like this.