Trudeau can’t have it both ways on pipelines: or can he?
But the thorniest problem is political: new pipelines have become a desperate lifeline in Alberta, as 20,000 oil jobs vanish and unemployment grows. Real people, real anguish—but the solution for them, and for oil workers elsewhere, is not a hugely expensive bet on the past. It is an investment in their future.
GATINEAU, QUE.—When it comes to pipelines—and particularly Energy East—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau keeps insisting he wants to get Alberta’s chief resource to international markets, but in “responsible, sustainable” ways.
What he doesn’t acknowledge, but must know, is that these goa...
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