Mike Smyth: B.C.’s pipeline showdown begins

When Environment Minister George Heyman announced the NDP’s new plan to fight Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, he was asked about all those workers who would be out of a job if the project is stopped.
The Alberta-to-B.C. oil pipeline — scheduled to start construction in just a few weeks — was supposed to employ 15,000 construction workers.
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