The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that Canada and the United States must do more to remove political risks around pipeline permitting, the head of South Bow says, as the company finalizes a call for volume commitments on its planned Prairie Connector line. The Globe's Emma Graney writes that if built, South Bow's Prairie Connector pipeline would largely follow the route of the proposed Keystone XL line and carry roughly 450,000 barrels of oil each day from Hardisty, Alta., to the U.S. border. There, it would connect with a multidestination line proposed by Bridger Pipeline LLC. Bevin Wirzba, chief executive officer of South Bow, declined to go into significant detail about Prairie Connector on Thursday but, speaking at an energy roundtable in Calgary, he explained how the plan originated. South Bow saw an opportunity for the project late last summer. At the time, production in Alberta's oil sands had grown significantly, to four million barrels a day. Mr. Wirzba said he believes that's only the start of a substantial increase in output from the oil sands. However, the federal and Alberta governments must develop policies and regulations that encourage the investment needed to finance growth, he said.