Alberta Premier: Building An Oil Pipeline To The Pacific "Consistent With The Teachings Of Jesus"

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Oh, and "carbon capture", too!!



Building a new oil pipeline to the west coast of Canada is consistent with the teachings of Jesus, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told a gathering of Christian leaders and organizations from across the province last week. “We reached a landmark energy agreement with Ottawa that will pave the way for a new pipeline to the west coast,” Smith said during a panel at the May 4 Alberta Christian Leadership Summit, which featured cabinet ministers from her provincial United Conservative Party (UCP) government as well as federal Conservative MPs.

Smith was referencing a Memorandum of Understanding her government signed with Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney last November supporting an oil pipeline through British Columbia along with a $20 billion carbon capture and storage project. The premier argued that a new pipeline would help meet growing global energy demand. But she also had a message specifically tailored to her Christian audience. “There’s another way to look at it,” she said. “I’m sure you remember the Parable of the Talents in the Gospel of Matthew — in it, Jesus teaches about stewardship.” Smith said that particular biblical passage refers to humankind being entrusted with resources that must be managed carefully for the benefit of other people. This “fits with how Albertans feel about the resources that are beneath our feet,” she said.

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Several Alberta MLAs and ministers spoke at the conference, including Minister of Education and Childcare and Education Demetrios Nicolaides, Minister of Affordability and Utilities Nathan Neudorf, and Minister of Primary and Preventative Health Services Adriana LaGrange. On a panel, these ministers were asked how their faith shows up in their government work. LaGrange said “God has called me for this time and place”, and Neudorf said Canada’s identity is under threat and asked “are we a nation founded under God or are we not?”

Other topics included banning abortion after 24 weeks in Alberta (and how to ban abortion federally) and opposing medical assistance in dying. Stockwell Day, previously a Conservative MP and former leader of the Canadian Alliance Party, spoke about resisting “cultural Marxism” that he alleged has infiltrated Canadian society. In the lead-up to the conference, around 100 Albertan faith leaders signed an open letter claiming that the $360 entry fee excluded all but the most well-resourced and politically connected Christian leaders. Journalist Jeremy Appel was de-registered from the event just hours before it began without an explanation.

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https://www.desmog.com/2026/05/13/oil-pipelines-align-with-jesus-danielle-smith-tells-christian-leaders/

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1. Is Alberta Canadas version of the u.s. south?

They are certainly sounding like it!

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2. Sadly, it's essentially Texas with more snow, and with oil that doesn't flow . . .

Whatever the location, crackpot fundies and petroleum seem to go hand-in-hand.

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3. K&R.nt

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4. As I understand it, the "mount" on which Jesus gave the "Sermon on the Mount..."

...was the roof of a Ford Expedition. During the sermon, there was a brief interruption to show a video of a ln Expedition driving over the Jordan Riverbed produced by Ford's marketing department announcing an Easter day sale on leases only 800 shekels a month if you act now.

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5. Did they mention the Loaves And Fishes option package?

Or was that last year's model?

[NNadir]

6. No, but Jesus performed a miracle turning water into gasoline.