Trans Mountain pipeline project is good politics, bad policy

The Trans Mountain project is flawed for three main reasons: the underestimation of environmental issues, the overestimation of economic benefits and insufficient consultation with Indigenous peoples.

As my colleague Senator Murray Sinclair said, Indigenous support for the pipeline may have been misrepresented. At a time when we are supposed to be seeking reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, it seems counterproductive to send heavy equipment onto their land without their consent.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ

April 30, 2018

Is it clear why Canadians—and even Albertans—should support the Trans Mountain pipeline project? I’m not so sure. The Senate is debating public bill S-245, the Trans Mountain Pipeline Project Act

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