Support for reviving pipeline projects is growing, but will companies get behind the idea?
The brewing trade war between Canada and the United States over tariffs has sparked new interest in abandoned pipeline projects like Energy East, which would have delivered oil to Ontario and Quebec, and Northern Gateway, which would have run to British Columbia's northern coast. A new poll from the Angus Reid Institute shows public support for the idea is growing and politicians have mused about reviving the projects, but one expert says pipeline companies might not be so keen on the idea.