Canada: Trudeau vows to push ahead with pipeline plans in spite of protests
by Ashifa Kassam in Toronto from on (#3MWG6)
PM says he is prepared to use taxpayer dollars to fund controversial expansion opponents say will have serious environmental consequences
Justin Trudeau has said Canada's government is prepared to use taxpayer dollars to push forward plans for a controversial pipeline expansion, despite protests and efforts by a provincial government to halt the project on environmental grounds.
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