Trans Mountain Pipeline

The governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan are urging the Federal Court of Appeal to defer to cabinet's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline because they say Indigenous opposition shouldn't outweigh other public interests in the project.

Attorney General of Canada David Lametti has argued in a memorandum of fact and law submitted to the court that the reviews in question were "internal notes," not actual scientific peer reviews.

Lawyers for the Canadian government say it conducted a new round of consultations with Indigenous groups about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion that was reasonable, adequate and fair.

Canada commissioned reviews of Tsleil-Waututh expert reports on oil spills without telling the First Nation, the Federal Court of Appeal heard Monday, and only provided them after talks had wrapped up.

The CEO of Trans Mountain says he's "a little greyer" than he was 10 years ago when planning began for an expansion of the Edmonton-to-Burnaby oil pipeline but he's still proud to oversee the official launch of Alberta construction.

Mayors in western Canada could help smooth relations between the federal Liberal government and angry western premiers, Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson said on Friday, November 29, 2019, after meeting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The Trans Mountain pipeline received $320 million in subsidies from the Canadian and Alberta governments in the first half of 2019, says a new report by an economic institute that analyzes environmental issues.

CIBC's chief executive Victor Dodig rallied support for Canada's energy sector, saying it's the country's "family business" and that the shortage of pipeline capacity represents a "critical threat" to our economy.

The Liberal government expects to get $500 million a year out of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline and is promising to spend it all on cleaner sources of energy and projects that pull carbon out of the atmosphere.

The governing Liberal Party had largely positive results in Monday night's federal election when it came to key politicians on environmental files, with the exception of Amarjeet Sohi.

Oil and gas industry insiders say demands by organizers of Friday's, September 27, 2019, Global Climate Strike to transition swiftly away from fossil fuels to 100 per cent renewable energy are naive and unrealistic.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau headed on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, to what he calls his "second home" in British Columbia for his first event of the 2019 election campaign — a province full of both opportunity and peril for the governing party.

Construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will likely be delayed due to detailed route hearings, outstanding provincial permits and Indigenous court challenges, says a report from environmental group Stand.earth.

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The court said six of 12 proposed challenges had been granted permission to proceed.