Trans Mountain expansion
A letter from Alberta to my Quebec friends
Jason Markusoff: You’re a too-convenient target. There’s too much overheated political rhetoric about Alberta deficits and Quebec daycare provisions (which have nothing to do with equalization’s formula)
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
Can protesters still stop the Trans Mountain pipeline?
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 Trudeau’s Trans Mountain deal, Alberta’s Ottawa-hates-us narrative is hard to justify
With the pipeline in federal hands, and Alberta politicians high-fiving each other, any antagonistic relationship will be hard to sustain
Who will build the Trans Mountain pipeline—and at what cost?
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 B.C. and Alberta’s pipeline fight, only one side is unified
Rachel Notley needed an issue that would stir Albertans’ oft-wounded provincial pride. John Horgan gave it to her.
With B.C.’s attack on Alberta oil, the war of mutual destruction begins
And this time, oil-by-rail gets tarred alongside pipelines