But with Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives beaten, the remaining hope for Trans Mountain construction is Justin Trudeau in (limited) power. There is a view, advanced here sometimes, that a minority is disastrous because the NDP, Greens and/or Bloc Quebecois will force Trudeau to abandon Trans Mountain. And the Liberals, we must remember, still say they will build Trans Mountain and put all the profits into green energy. By the numbers, Jagmeet Singh’s NDP now has the perfect number of seats to support the Liberals in a minority. The conventional thinking is that Singh or Blanchet would make a deal with Trudeau to support the Liberals, perhaps including a condition to stop the pipeline.

Source: National Post October 22, 2019 06:59 UTC