TransCanada Pipelines’ proposed “Energy East” pipeline project, which is intended to transport Alberta tar sands crude to eastern Canada, is meeting growing opposition from First Nations, environmentalists and citizens who live along the planned route. The Winnipeg chapter of the Council of Canadians, along with Idle No More and the
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The Star’s Tim Harper: Harper bets on big resources and kicks environment to the curb
OTTAWA Stephen Harper, finally freed of the constraints that of the minority years, had no need to deliver anything in his 2012 budget to placate his political opponents. So, unfettered, he delivered big time for big business and carved a path for a resource-based economy shorn of impediments for years
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