New federal funding announced on Friday could lead to a range of innovative products and solutions such as roll-it-up, portable solar power or greener beer.
Scientists say the evidence flies in the face of what Prime Minister Trudeau was promoting this week as a safe project. In some cases, they say there was no evidence supporting his claims.
B.C. Premier Christy Clark says the Trans Mountain expansion is "very close" to meeting the five environmental, financial, and legal conditions she needs to endorse the new pipeline.
"You can either be serious about climate change, or you can expand the tarsands. But you cannot do both," says the president of the National Union of Postal Workers.
Prime Minister Trudeau has two major oil pipeline expansions, insisting all the while that the new fossil fuel infrastructure fits within his government's plan to reduce emissions.
Carr agreed that he saw his role as a cheerleader for the projects now that they have been approved, saying the decisions spoke volumes about the government’s view of their necessity.
