Braid, Calgary Herald: After winning 17 straight court rulings, the Trans Mountain pipeline lost the big one, and the whole deal is suddenly legally void.
This happened Thursday at the very moment Kinder Morgan shareholders were voting to dump the project on Canadian taxpayers, in return for $4.5 billion.
The Federal Court of Appeal panel of three judges rejected the project thunderously but also said the problems can be rectified fairly quickly.
Are they joking? It took them nearly a year to reach a decision with dire consequences for the Canadian economy and even national unity.
A Supreme Court challenge to the ruling, or further consultation with First Nations, will not soon be resolved. If these efforts succeed, they will then be subject to further legal challenge.
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