B.C.'s opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline appears to be running out of tools

Barely a year after threatening to use every tool it could to stop the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion from going ahead, the B.C. NDP government’s toolbox is looking pitifully empty. The setbacks have been big and embarrassing. The next one could be the ugliest. The province and its anti-pipeline allies are waiting for the result of lawsuits before the Federal Court of Appeal challenging the National Energy Board’s (NEB’s) permit. Arguments were made last fall and a ruling is expected this spring.-- More...