‘British Columbians do not want this,’ Trudeau faces tough task on $7.4-billion Kinder Morgan pipeline with incoming B.C. government

Experts say the federal government has jurisdiction on the proposed Kinder Morgan project, but it is unlikely to use a ‘sledgehammer approach.’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, has his work cut out if he wants to get a pipeline expansion through in British Columbia, where the new government, which will be led by NDP leader John Horgan, and is opposed to the project.The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

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BY DEREK ABMA

July 10, 2017

The Trudeau government is facing a difficult scenario with a pipeline project in British Columbia it supports now that a provincial government is coming in that’s firmly opposed to it, experts say. What’s at stake is the $7.4-billion expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline betwee...

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