Editorial: The end of Energy East

Few in Quebec are mourning TransCanada Corp.’s decision to abandon Energy East. It seemed clear the $15.7 billion pipeline project had little social acceptability in this province; an array of politicians — not least Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre — environmentalists and Indigenous people were vehemently opposed. While some in the local business community had welcomed the expected economic benefits (which, for Quebec, would have been modest and mostly temporary), the damage cause