More than two-thirds of Canadians oppose the federal government taking a multibillion-dollar writedown on the Trans Mountain pipeline, a survey showed on Oct. 24, a dilemma for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals as they look to sell it ahead of an election expected by 2025.
Ottawa has sunk roughly $35 billion into the Trans Mountain oil pipeline, which the federal government bought in 2018 to ensure a controversial expansion project known as TMX went ahead.
