Touting national unity against the backdrop of a looming Alberta referendum on whether to pursue secession, Premier Doug Ford is pitching a 3,300-kilometre pipeline to ship Albertan oil east to refineries in Sarnia, Ont.

Ford was at the Calgary Stampede on Monday to ink a deal with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to build the so-called Northern Shield Energy Corridor.

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