Nobody is happy with Trudeau’s climate compromise. But this could turn it around, writes AlthiaRaj ableg cdnpoli albertavotes
Jason Kenney looks around as he sits next to Justin Trudeau during an event in Ottawa on Jan. 27, 2015 in Ottawa.
The Liberal government's decision to spend $4.5 billion on a pipeline and another $7.4 billion to triple the flow of bitumen to the West Coast enraged progressives and environmentalists last summer. On the other side of the issue, Progressive Conservative premiers are fighting Trudeau's carbon price, and their supporters are enraged by what they perceive to be federal action aimed at limiting future oil and gas projects through measures such asBack in 2016, when the prime minister personally announced that the government was giving the Trans Mountain project the green light, Trudeau went out of his way to credit Notley for his decision.
On the campaign trail, United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney has attacked his political rival for her close relationship with Trudeau.United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney speaks at a rally before the election, in Sherwood Park Alta, on April 15, 2019. Last April, when the two NDP premiers were threatening each other with ultimatums and the federal government was exploring its options, Trudeau held a press conference to declare the pipeline to be in the national interest. Having, in his words, put in place"the most rigorous set of environmental standards, ocean protection and coastline protection in the world," Trudeau pledged of the pipeline:"It will be built.
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