Editorial: End of private pipelines?

The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion would be dead were it still in private hands when the Federal Court of Appeal quashed its federal approval last week.
That’s what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Edmonton this week.
On this point, many would agree, but not for the reasons Trudeau thinks.
The prime minister intended to pat his own back for buying the pipeline and expansion project from an increasingly fed-up Kinder Morgan to ensure its construction.
In reality, it’s an admis