Trans Mountain expansion would be of far less benefit to B.C. than Kinder Morgan says: report, Financial Post ($)

A new report says Kinder Morgan is overplaying the economic benefits, and downplaying the costs of its proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

The Canadian Press • Published Nov 10, 2014

Handout/ Kinder Morgan
Credit: Handout/ Kinder Morgan

CALGARY — A new report says Kinder Morgan is overplaying the economic benefits, and downplaying the costs of its proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Public Policy Research teamed with The Goodman Group Ltd., a California-based consulting firm, to examine the estimated impacts of the project.

The authors dispute Kinder Morgan’s claim that 36,000 person-years of employment would be created in British Columbia during the project’s development. MORE>>


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