‘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 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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