The Globe and Mail published an op-ed by UBC political science professor Kathryn Harrison about the impact pipelines will have on the environment despite promises that the project is beneficial for the Canadian economy.
“The business case for the Trans Mountain expansion project is predicated on a world of unchecked global warming,” she wrote. “In approving infrastructure that promises to increase Canada’s bitumen exports for decades to come, the federal government is not reconciling the environment and economy but, rather, placing a bet against the success of the Paris climate agreement.”
