Robert Tuttle

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Trudeau's pipeline project increases cost estimate by $3.1 billion

Trudeau's pipeline project increases cost estimate by $3.1 billion

The expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline will cost about $3.1 billion more than the Canadian government-owned company running the project projected in May, another financial setback for a project beset by spiralling expenses and years of delays. Costs for the expansion — which involves twinning a pipeline stretching from Edmonton to Vancouver — will be 10 per cent...

Trudeau Faces Daunting Path to Sale of Canada’s $26 Billion Oil Pipeline

Trudeau Faces Daunting Path to Sale of Canada’s $26 Billion Oil Pipeline

Justin Trudeau has promised one of the largest government-led asset sales in Canadian history by divesting the Trans Mountain pipeline, a huge conduit that moves crude from the province of Alberta to the west coast. But the government faces a mounting set of challenges in unloading it — including high interest rates, a fight over costs with oil companies, and...