A pipeline to transport Albertan oil to Canada's Pacific coast.

Live from the UK, this is the Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service.

I'm William Lee Adams. Good morning.

Canada's Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has struck a deal for a 700-mile pipeline

carrying a million barrels of oil a day to Canada's west coast

in an attempt to pivot

away from reliance on the U.S. economy. Mr. Carney announced a memorandum of understanding

with the province of Alberta's premier Danielle Smith for a 700-mile pipeline to transport

Albertan oil to the West Coast. The heart of what is a multifaceted agreement, agreement, we have more work to do going

forward, but a multifaceted agreement. In effect, it creates an energy transition, all aspects

of energy, but really sets the stage for an industrial transformation.

Mark Carney speaking. Despite the backing of the Canadian Prime Minister

and the Premier of Alberta, the project is likely to face a number of legal challenges

from environmentalists, the government of British Columbia, and First Nation groups who oppose the

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The law made it illegal for farmers to follow the traditional practice of saving seeds from

their crop to use again.

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