Jobs, carbon tax angles could make Trans Mountain a winner for Conservatives: Nanos

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer is doing his best to pin the Alberta-B.C. squabble on Justin Trudeau, and it could pay off, say politicos.

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer is trying to convince voters that the Liberal government's environmental policies are to blame for the stalled status of the Trans Mountain pipeline.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

April 23, 2018

The federal Conservatives can make political hay of the stalled Trans Mountain pipeline if they continue to frame the issue in terms of lost jobs and tie it to the carbon tax, say political observers. Conservative leader Andrew Sc...

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