. . . . by bailing out a foreign company with Canadian taxpayer dollars.  Wow.   
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   Politically, nationalizing Trans Mountain is rife with ironies. Who would have   
   thought that Justin Trudeau — champion of the environment, friend to   
   Indigenous peoples — would roll the dice on his premiership in the cause of   
   building, of all things,    
   an oil pipeline?   
      
   And who would have thought that the son of Pierre Trudeau, who so famously   
   thumbed his nose at the west back in the 1980s with his National Energy   
   Program, would use the federal hammer on the side of Alberta — at the risk   
   of alienating much of Liberal-   
   leaning British Columbia?   
      
   This is a big moment for both the government and the country.  At the very   
   least, Trudeau cannot be accused of settling for half measures.  He has taken   
   a bold step and his government will live or die with the consequences.   
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   Anyone taking bets?   
      
   https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2018/05/29/justin-tru   
   eau-has-bet-his-government-on-the-trans-mountain-pipeline.html   
      
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