Trudeau undoes own timid steps to sustainability, betrays promise to world

It looks counter-intuitive to be disavowing continued dependence on the fossil fuels that contribute to climate change, then approving two new pipelines that will stimulate and, arguably, prolong production in Alberta’s oilsands.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just gave a major boost to the country’s largest carbon emitter, wrapped in pious environmental rhetoric, and accompanied by a few climate-friendly gestures, writes Susan Riley.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

December 5, 2016

GATINEAU, QUE.—There is no doubt that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s approval of the twinning of the Kinder Morgan oil pipeline last week increases the danger of a devastating spill in the waters around Vancouver and beyond, despite the new $1.5-billion federal ocean protection plan. No spill ...

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