Feds build $34-billion Alberta pipeline—oh, sorry, that already happened

The Trans Mountain pipeline is now generating hefty new revenues for the oil industry and Albertans, which doesn’t come up in all the haranguing about how the province is being disrespected.

Then-prime minister Justin Trudeau, left, finance minister Bill Morneau, and environment minister Catherine McKenna confirm the Liberal government's commitment to building the Kinder Morgan Trans-Mountain pipeline in Ottawa on June 17, 2019.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

May 27, 2026

OTTAWA—Constructing a new oil pipeline from Edmonton to a Vancouver port is “the safest and most effective way to get our resources to world markets,” the federal cabinet minister assured Canadians.

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