Feds reclassified Trans Mountain as a ‘non-agent’ Crown corporation to avoid parliamentary scrutiny, says NDP critic

The government-owned pipeline company can now obtain third-party financing without seeking parliamentary approval.

An April 20 order-in-council declared that, on the advice of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, the Government Corporations Operation Act would cease to apply to Trans Mountain Corporation.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

May 20, 2022

Trans Mountain Corporation and Finance Canada both say an April 20 change to the Crown corporation's official status was made in order to allow it to obtain third-party financing, after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced on Feb. 18 that the government would not provide any further public m...

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