The West Coast pipeline is really a question about concentration

The West Coast pipeline is really a question about concentration EDITORIAL 3 JULY 2026 i Alberta's proposal cannot yet resolve its own economics. What it does is force a reckoning with how much single-customer dependence Canada is prepared to carry EDITORIAL BOARD ARTICLE SUMMARY KEY STATS Eighty-five percent of Canada’s crude oil exports flow to a single customer: the United States. Crude accounts for roughly one-sixth of Canada’s total exports and is more U.S.-dependent than merchandise trade overall. Alberta’s proposed West Coast pipeline—designed to move more than one million barrels per …