Mark Carney says Canada's trading relationship with the U.S. was 'once a strength,' but 'now a weakness'

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stands and speaks at a podium (Credit: Dave Chan / AFP—Getty Images)

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premier of Canada’s oil rich province of Alberta agreed Thursday to work toward building a pipeline to the Pacific Coast to diversify the country’s oil exports beyond the United States.

The memorandum of understanding includes an adjustment of an oil tanker ban off parts of the British Columbia coast if a pipeline comes to fruition.