Mark Carney Takes Credit for Oil Boom… But It Was the Pipeline He Opposed
Canada’s oil exports just surged nearly 95% through the Port of Vancouver, and Mark Carney’s government is celebrating the numbers in Parliament.But here’s the problem.That increase has nothing to do with Carney’s policies.The surge happened because 2025 was the first full year of operation for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, a project proposed over a decade ago that nearly tripled pipeline capacity from Alberta to the Pacific Coast.Oil shipments jumped from 13.2 million tonnes to 24.4 million tonnes in just one year.Buyers from China, the United States, South Korea, and Singapore…
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