Alberta throne speech pledges new pipelines and a boost for artificial intelligence

OTTAWA — Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson says Canada is not focused on any one route when it comes to sending more energy into the United States, but stands ready to do “whatever we can” to help with a possible revival of the Keystone XL pipeline. While trade talks with the U.S. have stalled over Trump’s ire about an anti-tariff ad run by Ontario, Prime Minister Mark Carney, during his most recent visit to Washington, raised the defunct pipeline during a meeting with the president as part of a strategy to secure relief from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum. Hodgson said the...