“Political risks to Canada’s 590,000 b/d Trans Mountain oil pipeline have grown as tight polls ahead of Monday’s federal election increase the odds of a minority government, even though both leading candidates support the project,” S&P Global Platts wrote last Friday. “Under an election scenario that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party wins the most votes but not enough for a majority government, he would need New Democratic or Green Party support to stay in power. Both parties have campaigned on stopping the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to British Columbia.”