‘Who cares’ about a pipeline?
“We never thought that it was possible. It was kind of like the idea of peace in the Middle East,” Ryan Jespersen, the Edmonton-based broadcaster, told Playbook about the possible alliance between Alberta and Ottawa that could clear the path for a new pipeline.
On this week’s Playbook Canada podcast, co-hosts Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Mickey Djuric unpack the blooming alliance between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, including how it’s landing in the West, why Carney is hedging so carefully about a possible new pipeline and whether their pending memorandum of understanding signals a genuine thaw in the frosty relationship between Alberta and the federal government.
The hosts also break down Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre’s campaign shake-up as longtime confidante Jenni Byrne gives way to strategist Steve Outhouse, raising fresh questions about what direction Poilievre is headed in next. And political analyst and podcast virtuoso Ryan Jespersen joins for a 200-second interview.
