Carney was iffy on pipeline. Now his govt’s building one itself. Here’s what changed his mind

National Post: Observers told National Post that a confluence of factors, from U.S. tariffs to Iran’s seizure of the Strait of Hormuz in early 2026, had sharply exposed fragilities in global trade and energy security, prompting the Carney government to recalibrate its thinking toward the potential new pipeline. At the same time, there was worry about growing anger in Alberta, fuelled largely by years of seeing Ottawa as antagonistic to its oil industry that saw support for separatism in the province reach its highest level in decades early this year…