Kinder Morgan

The feds cuts a deal to buy the pipeline and will bank on positive court rulings, but protests are another matter entirely

The finance minister announced that Ottawa will spend $4.5 billion to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline, but that it doesn’t plan on being a long-term owner

The NDP government no longer talks about diversifying the economy. Nowadays, the future of everything is tied Kinder Morgan’s oil shipment project.

Evan Solomon: The federal government now owns the pipeline issue, and after the finance minister’s latest move, it will likely own the pipeline too

Bill Morneau is promising indemnification from John Horgan-related costs to any party who will take on the Trans Mountain project

’I don’t think they’re factoring in the risk of inherent title and rights,’ says Neskonlith Chief Judy Wilson. ’I don’t think they understand it doesn’t matter what the federal or provincial government does’

Some First Nations have picked sides in the battle over the Kinder Morgan pipeline but many groups haven’t. Now their leaders are feeling the heat.

Paul Wells: Under the Trudeau Liberals, Canada could end up an environmental basket case and a lousy oil merchant. And both sides in the pipeline wars may end up even angrier.

The House of Commons has so far failed to referee the western skirmish, and it’s the Senate that is stepping in with legislation to get the pipeline built

Opinion: Despite politicians musing about ’de-risking’ Trans Mountain’s pipeline, there are a slew of reasons why government shouldn’t get involved