If Trans Mountain decision becomes ballot box question, Vancouver-area MPs Wilkinson, Beech could be vulnerable, says pollster

Despite local opposition, Vancouver-region Liberal MPs must avoiding jumping to conclusion in criticizing the government's decision to approve the pipeline as it might cast them as 'wishy-washy,' says consultant Greg Weston.

A demonstrator on Parliament Hill on Dec. 5 protests the Trudeau government's pipeline approvals last week, including the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain line expansion, which will transport oil for export to the Vancouver area. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

December 7, 2016

It remains too early to predict how the Trudeau government’s decision to approve the expansion of the contentious Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline will affect the popularity of Liberal MPs in British Columbia's Lower Mainland, though if it does emerge as a ball...

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