L-R: Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Photo captured via Danielle Smith Facebook.

By Erika Rolling

Interprovincial Trade

Premiers of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario sign MOU to build pipelines and trade infrastructure

Jul 22, 2025 | 1:00 PM

Before meeting with the Prime Minister on Tuesday, July 22, the premiers of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario sat down in Huntsville to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the three provinces on interprovincial trade.

Alberta and Ontario are welcoming Saskatchewan as the newest signatory to collectively build Canadian pipelines along a route that will get our oil and gas across the country into refineries in southern Ontario, as well as a new deep-sea port in James Bay.

Premier Danielle Smith says the three provinces will continue their joint calls for the removal of federal barriers to “nation building projects”, such as Bill C-69, to collectively advance pipeline, rail, transmission infrastructure, and other major projects.

She says these barriers are: Bill C-69, the Oil and Gas Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cap, Tanker Ban, Net Zero Vehicle and Electricity Mandate, to name a few.

“Removing these anti-resource, anti-development laws, will allow Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario to attract the investment and project partners we need to get shovels in the ground , grow industries, and create jobs.”

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says a new Canadian steel pipeline running through the country is desperately needed due to political turmoil with the United States.

“My good friend, the Governor of Michigan, I’ve known her from day one, constantly threatens to cut off Line 5. That would basically shut down our airports, shut down a big part of Ontario and we can’t chance it any longer.”

“We need to be independent, we need a pipeline going to southwestern Ontario to one of the refineries and be self reliant. We can’t rely on the Americans anymore… as simple as that.”

The MOU also reinforces joint efforts for new rail lines for critical mineral deposits, like potash, located in Ontario’s Ring of Fire region to be connected to ports in Western Canada.

The agreement was signed initially by just Alberta and Ontario earlier this month at the Calgary Stampede.