We love to express our concern for the poor but actions speak louder than words.  And those actions make clear the poor regularly come second to the pursuit of political power.

And it won’t cost taxpayers a cent. All it requires is putting individuals and businesses in Canada ahead of special interests being protected by provincial trade barriers.

Will pipeline opposition ever end? Not likely considering the millions being spent to keep Alberta oil landlocked.

The fact that the vast majority of First Nations impacted directly by the Trans Mountain expansion was incredibly inconvenient for opponents like the NDP, Green Party and a variety of other self described progressive groups – so they pretended they didn’t exist. But they do – and now they want to buy a majority stake in the project.