Editorial: Pipeline politics frame irreconcilable differences

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s announcement this week that Ottawa would indemnify Kinder Morgan against losses arising from delays in construction of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project that are “politically motivated” moved the needle a little.
It prompted B.C. Premier John Horgan to switch his animus for “Texas boardrooms” to a “Toronto-based finance minister,” shifting the geopolitical focus from Houston to Ottawa — or, rather