Canadians evenly split over Alberta-B.C. bitumen battle

The B.C. government’s stance on Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion project is so compelling that half the country has taken its side.
The other half? It’s backing Alberta.
That perfect 50/50 split is among the main findings of a new public opinion poll by Angus Reid Institute on the high-stakes pipeline debate that has transformed into a trade war. 
Shachi Kurl, an executive director at the institute, said the escalating dispute has come to dominate the national conv