Opinion: Lessons to be learned from the Trans Mountain fiasco

We all need to step back from the finger-pointing and political posturing in the wake of the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision to quash approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline and reflect on the lessons government, and we who elect them, should now have learned.
The former Harper government wanted pipelines so badly that it eliminated or weakened environmental protections Canadians had previously relied on. The federal Conservatives used budget omnibus bills to strip down the Fisheries Ac