10/3 podcast: Oil begins moving on $34 billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

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Published May 03, 2024  •  1 minute read

Storage tanks and trucks at the Imperial refinery in Edmonton, Alberta. Canadian oil producers expect to garner better prices for their crude when the expanded Trans Mountain expansion starts up. Photo by Jason Franson /Photographer: Jason Franson/Bloo

After years of hurdles, delays and legal challenges, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion passed a critical milestone on the way to shipping bitumen from Alberta to the west coast.

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The pipeline, now owned by the federal government will ultimately be known as one of the largest single infrastructure projects in Canadian history.

Calgary Herald columnist Chris Varcoe joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss what this project potentially means for the Canadian and Alberta economies, why the process was so problematic, and what it means for other similar projects in the future.

Background reading: Varcoe: 'We landed the plane': Inside the story of turbulence and triumph to complete the Trans Mountain expansion

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