Trans Mountain Pipeline

Opinion: In one fell swoop, the Liberal government’s purchase of Kinder Morgan’s pipeline fails many groups, from Indigenous communities to the provinces themselves

Ottawa’s takeover of Trans Mountain may hurt B.C.’s efforts to obstruct the expansion project, but protesters say it has ’lit a fire’ under them

With the pipeline in federal hands, and Alberta politicians high-fiving each other, any antagonistic relationship will be hard to sustain

Ottawa is set to take over the expansion project in August, with the clock ticking to find a buyer before construction ends, perhaps in 2021

In a province consumed by the fate of one oil pipeline, it isn’t easy being green

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

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: Hooking Trans Mountain up to the taxpayer hose is not the same as providing generalized investor confidence