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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

June 18, 2019

Good Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is slated to sit down with cabinet today as his government prepares to announce its decision on the fate of the expansion of the $4.5-billion Trans Mountain pipeline, which it purchased last year. Even if the government decides t...

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