While telling people that they understand the importance of the pipelines, Notley and Trudeau piled up the regulatory bricks to ensure they were not viable TransCanada’s withdrawal of its proposal to build the Energy East and Eastern Mainline oil pipelines is a huge loss to Canada and Canadian workers – a $16 billion project regulated to death. Let’s get the red herring out of the way up front. Yes, the low world price of oil was surely part of this decision, but it’s certainly not all of [Read more]
Pipeline protests should not overpower good governance
Protesters should understand that good governance requires decisions be made for the good of all Canadians, not just one interest group CALGARY, Alta. /Troy Media/ – In November, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave Canada, and particularly Alberta, not one, but two oil pipeline project approvals – the Trans Mountain expansion and the Line 3 replacement project. The challenge now will be to see things through. Some groups are threatening heavy resistance to the projects, including actions on [Read more]