When the law fails to protect public health: opposing the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion

The federal government continues to promote fossil fuel extraction, including assuming direct ownership of TMX.

In May 2018, the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau purchased the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion for $4.5-billion.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM TAKARO, JOHN ABBOTTS

May 17, 2023

As UN Secretary General António Guterres warned in April 2022, the world faces a “climate emergency” with catastrophic consequences in public and environmental health and sustainability of critical ecosystems.

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