Verified brief — 2 October 2026

Pacific Link / West Coast oil pipeline listed on Building Canada Act Schedule 1 (PC 2026-0925); SCOTUS grants Rhoney cert on ICE interior mandatory detention; Québec votes Monday; Kingdom response still due 8 Oct; CA diesel up / gas down on 1 Oct Kalibrate.

Published Oct 2, 2026, 7:30 a.m. EDT

Item 1
Canada (1 Oct): Order in Council PC 2026-0925 lists the West Coast Oil Pipeline on Building Canada Act Schedule 1 — PMO/Alberta brand it Pacific Link; MPO/CER conditions track toward 1 Sep 2027. Not a CER certificate or construction start.
Read the article →OIC PC 2026-0925 / PMO / Alberta.ca
Item 2
Related energy track (distinct): LNG Canada Phase 2 FID still the Kitimat gas-export file — 14 → 28 mtpa; do not conflate with the oil Schedule 1 listing.
Read the article →LNG Canada CNW / PMO 29 Sep
Item 3
U.S. (1 Oct Order List): SCOTUS grants cert in Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha (26-104) on ICE mandatory detention without bond for noncitizens apprehended inside the United States — grant ≠ merits holding.
Read the article →SCOTUS Order List / docket 26-104
Item 4
Distinct docket: DHS v. D.V.D. third-country removal stay + cert (26-426) still the controlling December-argument track — not Rhoney.
Read the article →SCOTUS docket 26A406
Item 5
U.S.: Kingdom BOP gender-dysphoria stay application 26A416 still pending — response due 4 p.m. EDT 8 October; not a grant/deny yet.
Read the article →SCOTUS docket 26A416
Item 6
U.S.: Gaines v. NCAA Title IX summary judgment still stands; plaintiffs’ appeal intent — no notice-of-appeal ECF verified this morning.
Read the article →Doc. 196/197; secondary intent
Item 7
U.S./Canada: Section 338 exclusions still bar annex-listed Canadian alcohol, dairy and motor-vehicle products from U.S. entry.
Read the article →Federal Register / CBP CSMS
Item 8
U.S. (28 Sep opinion): Ninth Circuit Diemert v. City of Seattle (25-1188) remand on hostile-work-environment claims still the live municipal-workplace holding.
Read the article →9th Cir. opinion PDF
Item 9
Québec election: office voting closed 1 Oct; polling day Monday 5 Oct; permanent-admission pledges still ~35k (PQ) to 70k (QS).
Read the article →Élections Québec
Item 10
Ottawa: Bills C-39 and C-34 — House returns 5 Oct; C-39 still at second reading; C-34 second reading shows no activity on LEGISinfo.
Read the article →LEGISinfo
Item 11
Pumps (1 Oct Kalibrate via NRCan): Canada regular gasoline 181.4 ¢/L (−2.9 DoD); diesel 262.8 ¢/L (+2.1 DoD).
Read the article →Kalibrate DPPS 1 Oct 2026
Item 12
Euro area: Sep 2026 HICP flash 3.8% YoY (up from 3.2% Aug) — energy the main driver in the Eurostat flash.
Read the article →Eurostat flash 2 Oct 2026
Item 13
UK Online Safety Act: Meta Category 1 Upper Tribunal appeal pending; High Court JR dates 13–14 Oct are not a UT judgment.
Read the article →
Item 14
Fact check still stands: no verified nationwide Canadian trucker diesel strike for 1 Oct.
Read the article →