Not to mention that, following his original press conference which was all about scientific evidence and basing things on the facts available (which was a good signal to send), Trudeau and company have treated this project like it was something of a close call and that the objections from people opposed are understandable. The right attitude towards it is that this project isn't close to the line. It's an obvious approval and something that obviously should be built, and people opposed to it are irrational ideologues.
I don't really expect that given the politics and the makeup of the Liberal base, but the current attitude shifts whatever stands in for an Overton window in the sphere of energy infrastructure. There will be other projects that need approval in the future that will have significantly more impact (economically, environmentally, socially) than what amounts to twinning an existing line, and if this is such a tough thing to make happen, how are those projects ever going to be built?
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