Feds to avoid selling Trans Mountain pipeline so long as risks remain
The Supreme Court of Canada eliminated one of those
risks Thursday when it denied British Columbia the right to regulate
the contents of the pipeline. At least two other significant legal
challenges continue to hang over the project, making its future far from
certain.
The Justin Trudeau Climate Playbook Version 2.0 – Below 2C
But in the hallways and streets of Madrid, Canada was exposed as a climate laggard, ranking 55th out of the world’s 61 biggest countries in climate performance. Canada was also lambasted for approving new fossil fuel projects and promoting the expansion of the Alberta Tar Sands. And of course for the purchase and expansion of the Trans-Mountain pipeline.
And while newly-appointed climate Minister Wilkinson was telling the world that climate action is our number 1 priority, the approval of the Teck-Frontier mine was on everybody’s mind. Now back from Madrid, the Trudeau government will decide on the mega-project in the first three months of 2020.
Jonathan Wilkinson: the Minister of Greenwash
Prime Minister Trudeau tapped North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson, a
former Saskatchewan bureaucrat and CEO of a company that partnered with
ExxonMobil and Shell to develop gas recovery systems for refineries.
Now it seems Wilkinson’s job is to gaslight the public on oil sands expansion.
A major milestone for Trans Mountain – 660 NEWS
Canada’s new federal Energy Minister Seamus O’Regan, Alberta’s Energy Minister Sonya Savage, and Trans Mountain’s CEO and President made an announcement west of Edmonton on Tuesday.
A ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony was held, where Anderson
declared they would make this “the best darn pipeline in the world.”
Martyn Brown: Why Trudeau’s pet pipeline will not solve B.C.’s gas price woes
More pipe = more capacity = greater supply of light oil and refined products = lower gas prices, is their pitch, on behalf of Alberta’s tarsands producers.
Makes sense, on the surface: like skimming a bitumen slick with an oil boom.
If you really believe that pumping more tarsands crude across B.C. will reduce your gas pains, Donald Trump has a Make Alberta Great Again hat with your name on it.