Pipelines or pipe dreams?

Like the federal government, the Canadian public now supports new pipeline projects. Such projects may, however, turn out to be fanciful. If new pipelines are built, will they become stranded assets.

There are cracks in the federal cabinet, too: while Canadian Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault, left, cautions that both global and national demand for fossil fuels will soon peak, Energy Minister Tim Hodgson, right, favours new pipelines and decline, writes Nelson Wiseman.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NELSON WISEMAN

June 23, 2025

TORONTO—We all dream, but most of our dreamy ideas and plans are either not possible, or do not pan out. If some do, they may not be worth the cost. That may be the case with new pipelines. Their costs might be much more than economic. A pipeline may have devastating effec...

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