80 Percent of Canadians Back Coast-to-Coast Oil and Gas Pipelines: Poll

Steel pipe to be used in the oil pipeline construction of the Canadian government’s Trans Mountain Expansion Project lies at a stockpile site in Kamloops, B.C., on June 18, 2019. Dennis Owen/Reuters

Nearly eight in 10 Canadians are in favour of establishing a network of oil and gas pipelines across the country, a new survey suggests.

An Angus Reid poll indicated that 79 percent of respondents agreed with the statement that Canada “needs to ensure it has oil and gas pipelines running from sea to sea across the country.”