Trans Mountain pipeline will be Trudeau’s most ruinous legacy

The nearly-completed line is too big to fail and too buried in debt to make a profit before the climate catastrophe makes the conversation moot.

Protesters against the federal government's bailout of Kinder Morgan and purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline on Parliament Hill in 2018. Buying the pipeline is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's most costly mistake, writes Susan Riley.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

July 17, 2023

CHELSEA, QUE.—The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion—desperately over-budget and destined for the remainder bin long before it makes a profit—is easily Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s most costly mistake economically and environmentally, if not politically.

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