Trudeau lays out case for re-election in Trans Mountain speech

The prime minister said construction on the pipeline is scheduled to begin this summer. He was less clear about whether more pipelines will be needed, or how the government will pay back the cost of the Trans Mountain pipeline to taxpayers.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, delivered a campaign-style speech Tuesday afternoon defending his government's record, and decision to approve the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project from Edmonton to Burnaby, B.C. He was flanked by five ministers, including Natural Resource Minister Amarjeet Sohi, left, Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Fisheries and Oceans Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, and Transport Minister Marc Garneau. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

June 19, 2019

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted the importance of middle class jobs, catalogued his record on the environment, took shots at his Conservative opponents, and evoked the spectre of U.S. President Donald Trump in a campaign-style speech defending his government’s ...

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