And with Northern Gateway and Energy East now dead, Trans Mountain is the project that will decide whether Trudeau can do that. Getting Trans Mountain done could now involve an outlay of public funds. It might be argued that — had he acted faster, or differently, on Trans Mountain — Trudeau could have avoided the possibility of spending federal money on this project. But offering now to indemnify a private sector pipeline project does complicate that commitment — or at least the principle behind it. He declared Trans Mountain to be in the "national interest."

Source: CBC News May 17, 2018 08:00 UTC