Pipeline politics pit profits against planet

If this dispute is to be handled by law alone, then pipeline proponents have the edge. The Constitution seems clear that Ottawa has the ultimate authority over interprovincial undertakings.

Alberta’s NDP Premier Rachel Notley needs the Trans Mountain pipeline built if she is to have a chance of winning the next election.The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY THOMAS WALKOM

April 16, 2018

TORONTO—The proposed Trans Mountain heavy-oil pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific Coast has law, economics, and the Constitution on its side. It has been approved by the National Energy Board and okayed by the federal government which, under the constitution, has the ultimate authority in such m...

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