Critics question Freeland’s claim Trans Mountain pipeline project commercially viable

Bloc and NDP MPs say the ‘ballooning costs’ show the government should never have bought the pipeline, calling it a ‘bottomless money pit.’
Last week, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland reaffirmed the government's commitment to completing the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
Despite Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s announcement last week that the federal government would spend “no additional public money” on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, supporters and opponents of the deeply divisive project both say it is unlikely Ottawa can sell the pipeline withou...

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