Trans Mountain pipeline expansion finally open, but energy experts warn it’s not enough to boost Canada’s languishing economy

The bigger pipeline now provides Canadian oil shippers with nearly 600,000 barrels per day of new capacity. But the delayed and costly project raises major climate concerns for environmental advocates.

Burnaby Terminal is the end point of the Trans Mountain Pipeline System, and is a distribution point for crude oil and refined products to local terminals. Photograph courtesy of Facebook

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

May 27, 2024

Amid cost overruns and climate concerns, the $34-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project has finally opened, with oil-and-gas advocate Dan McTeague saying the project shows the "vital" importance of pipelines in getting this country's fuel reserves to market as dem...

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