that money would be better spent on economic diversification.

the idea that it is in the national interest relies on the idea that we need a secondary oil market to lessen dependence on american oil purchases. but, this logic only holds in the context of the country existing as a petrostate, which is itself not in the national interest.

what is in the national interest, first and foremost, is to lessen our fiscal dependency on oil exports.

i think the courts need to remind trudeau that he has a set of rules, called a constitution, that he has to follow.

...and that the government is following a wrongheaded set of priorities that is outside of it's mandate, will harm itself electorally and will leave the country worse off, over all.

i expected him to support these pipelines, don't get me wrong; they all supported all the pipelines. but, he has apparently forgotten that he campaigned heavily on transition - and that this is where the country's focus and resources should be focused, first and foremost.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/04/09/trans-mountain-pipeline-extension-will-be-built-trudeau-vows.html