New report alleges federal government hiding true extent of Trans Mountain’s debt load

The report says the federal government is laying the groundwork to write off more than $17-billion in debt owed to Canadian taxpayers.

Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured Oct. 3, 2022, at the House Finance Committee. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Freeland will have to decide how to deal with the Trans Mountain expansion project's enormous cost overruns.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

October 6, 2022

A new report, released by West Coast Environmental Law, says the government is misleading Canadians about the extent of the debt that the federally owned Trans Mountain Corporation is accumulating as construction continues on its controversial pipeline expansion proje...

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