Chris Genovali: Trans Mountain is now Taxpayer Mountain

The Canadian government’s move to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline project from Texas-based Kinder Morgan is economically and environmentally dubious. With the decision to pour billions of tax dollars into purchasing the pipeline and building the expansion, Trans Mountain should now be renamed Taxpayer Mountain.
There is a high probability this will end up as a case of buyer’s remorse on a grand scale.
As a June 1 Vancouver Sun editorial pointed out, Kinder Morgan Canada’s asset