This was never really about the constitutionality of a pipelineIn running for office, Horgan made clear his intentions. His government would “use every tool in the tool box” to block the expansion of Trans Mountain, which is crucial to Alberta’s need to get its oil to the coast for export. Horgan was willing to do it all to get the votes he needed to become, and remain, premier. Therefore, “the (Trans Mountain expansion) project is not only a ‘British Columbia project.’ ”But it was far too late to give in at that point, so B.C. Horgan is stumbling over his own virtue signalsOne problem for Horgan is that he’s stumbling over his own virtue signals.

Source: National Post January 17, 2020 22:30 UTC