Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit Kinder Morgan terminal near Edmonton
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, May 31, 2018.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick DoylePrime Minister Justin Trudeau will make a stop at the Kinder Morgan terminal outside of Edmonton on Tuesday, one week after his Liberal government announced it was buying the Trans Mountain pipeline from the company.
Trudeau is expected to visit the Kinder Morgan Edmonton Terminal South, located in Sherwood Park, on Tuesday afternoon.
The Alberta visit comes a week after the federal government announced it is spending $4.5 billion to buy Trans Mountain and all of Kinder Morgan Canada’s core assets.
READ MORE: Over 800 businesses slam Trudeau government’s purchase of Trans Mountain pipeline
In return, Kinder Morgan will go ahead with its original plan to twin the pipeline this summer while the sale is finalized, which likely won’t happen until August, Finance Minister Bill Morneau told a news conference in Ottawa last Tuesday.
Once the sale is complete, he said, Canada will continue the construction on its own, with a view to eventually selling the whole thing down the road, once market conditions would allow it to get the best price.
READ MORE: ‘The Justin Trudeau Memorial Pipeline’: How you saw the Trans Mountain purchase
While he’s here, the prime minister will join Global National anchor Dawna Friesen for an exclusive, one-on-one interview. Watch for that this week on Global National and of course at globalnews.ca.
Watch below: Ongoing Global News coverage of the federal government’s plan to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline
Rallies both for and against Trans Mountain pipeline held in Calgary
With files from The Canadian Press.
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