Make the West Coast Oil Pipeline National Interest Infrastructure

Let's build something again.

Ottawa is deciding whether to greenlight the West Coast Oil Pipeline. Comments close September 18. It takes one minute.

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What's happening

The federal government is deciding whether to name the West Coast Oil Pipeline a project of national interest under the Building Canada Act.

That designation matters. It's the difference between a project getting a clear path forward and a project disappearing into another decade of process, the way so many have.

Before they decide, they're taking public comments. Anyone can send one. The window closes September 18.

Why we support it

Canadians want it built. Angus Reid polled the country in July 2026 and found 63 percent support this pipeline. Only 21 percent oppose it. This is not a fringe position. It's what most of the country already thinks.

It's a lot of work for a lot of people. Alberta's submission to the Major Projects Office estimates up to 140,000 jobs at peak construction, roughly 70,000 of them in British Columbia, and about 50,000 a year once it's running.

It's a better price for something we already own. Right now we sell almost all our oil to one customer, at a discount, because that's the only place we can reach. Reaching more buyers means more money for hospitals, roads and schools.

We've forgotten how to build. Twenty years of announcing projects, studying them, litigating them, and watching the money go elsewhere. This is the test of whether that has actually changed.

How to send yours

Read the letter we've written. If it says what you think, add your name and hit send. That's it.

Before you send

Comments go on the public record and can be released under access to information. Use your real name and town, because anonymous mail doesn't count.

Consultation with Indigenous rights-holders is a separate process and it's already underway. Public comment doesn't replace it and isn't in competition with it.

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This won't be the last one.

Leave your name and postal code and we'll tell you when the next window opens, while there's still time to do something about it.

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Energy United. 40,000+ Canadians who think this country should build things again.