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Originally Posted by ThePrince
Again, this blame falls on the federal government - the pipeline was a twin of an already existing pipeline. The pipeline was fully approved by the federal government in 2016 and approved by the BC government in 2017. But then they kept moving the goal posts and requiring Kinder Morgan to continue to jump through hoops with added consultations and assessments after the project was already approved.
This is what I meant when I said that the regulatory environment under the current federal government is unpredictable. If they just outlined a clear path to what is required to garner approval for these types of projects, companies would have a lot more certainty going into the projects, and would be more willing to commit. They didn't do that with Trans Mountain, and they still haven't done it with any large scale infrastructure process. But in my opinion, they want to keep it uncertain in order to deter these types of projects, but maintain plausible deniability that it's their fault to the public.
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I had also thought part of this process was to do exactly what you say. Clear it up and give straightforward answers.
It also wasn't an exact twinning, there are areas with new ROW. which I think contributed to the issues.