Trans Mountain
MMIWG’s findings on ‘man camps’ are a good place for government to get started
The link between resource extraction projects and violence against Indigenous women is a ‘serious problem’ that demands attention, the report found
Don’t count on Jason Kenney’s pipeline promise
Andrew Leach: Under the Alberta UCP leader’s plan, Trudeau would have a hard time approving the Trans Mountain project. In fact, so would Andrew Scheer.
High price of buying in: Oil-friendly Indigenous groups are disparaged as ‘sellouts’
Bands in Alberta and B.C. want in on energy infrastructure to reap the economic benefits—and to implement environmental protections
Trans Mountain’s price tag: What’s a billion dollars between friends?
Politics Insider for Feb. 1: The PBO gives Ottawa’s Trans Mountain purchase a hard look, Doug Ford’s secret Super Agency revealed, and what is the Senate, anyway?
The Trans Mountain expansion will struggle for years—even if it gets the green light in 2019
It isn’t dead, but Ottawa’s purchase could be resting a long time as it navigates a maze of challenges
Justin Trudeau on a raft of rising economic tensions between the feds and the provinces
Ahead of a meeting with the premiers, the Prime Minister spoke about economic issues: trade barriers, consistent carbon prices, and the pipeline approval process
It’s time to leverage Canada’s energy advantage into a geopolitical one, too
Opinion: Pipeline projects and energy developments will allow Canada to flex more influence on the world stage—and weaken the grip of bad international actors
The de facto veto on building pipelines in Canada
Peter Shawn Taylor: The courts say there is no Indigenous ‘veto’ over resource projects, but on Trans Mountain it has effectively happened
The Liberals own the Trans Mountain court loss as surely as they own the pipeline
They got a schooling in the meaning of consultation. But can their opponents credibly claim they’d do any better?
Memo to future prime ministers: Some days you’ll hate this job
Paul Wells: A tendency to experience heartbreak on the job isn’t unique to this prime minister
Buying a pipeline? It’s a great Canadian tradition.
Peter Shawn Taylor: Ottawa has repeatedly stepped up to get behind big, nation-building projects. What’s different this time is the opposition.
Justin Trudeau faces new versions of very old Canadian problems
Overwhelming reliance on the U.S. market, fractious provinces, natural resource challenges—the greatest hits of Canadian policy just won’t go away