Canada: Trudeau cabinet approves controversial Trans Mountain project

Ottawa [Canada]: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet on Tuesday approved the controversial Trans Mountain expansion project for the second time.
This decision is the next step in laying down a pipeline which would carry nearly a million barrels of oil from Alberta to British Columbia every day, as per the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
The project has the potential to damage the environment and marine life. Indigenous communities, especially those in British Columbia’s lower mainland, are outrightly against the project, even though Trudeau reaffirmed that proceeds from the pipeline would be invested in unspecified clean energy projects.
The cabinet on Tuesday decided that the project is in national interest as it would be creating jobs and bringing in billions of dollars to state coffers.
“We need to create wealth today so we can invest in the future. We need resources to invest in Canadians so they can take advantage of the opportunities generated by a rapidly changing economy, here at home and around the world,” CBC quoted Trudeau as saying.
He also added that the pipeline would ensure that Canada stops depending on the United States as the sole buyer of its oil.