It has been a few weeks since the last podcast, what developments do you want to touch on?

• Dennis provides a few comments on the TMX/KXL/Enbridge Line 3 status, and also overall developments on Canadian carbon policy.
• Updates on these oil sands pipelines.
• Canadian carbon policy, the biggest development is the advent of the Ford government in Ontario and its resistance to carbon pricing.
• And the looming deadline on “carbon plans” from the provinces later this year.
• In closing, C69 looms out there to be finally passed.

Over the past week, how do you see the reaction to the federal acquisition of TM unfolding?

• From the ENGO perspective, where do they go next?
• What was your view of the prospects of the government actually being able to sell this position in the short run?
• Finally, where does bill C69 stand right now?

The Trudeau government acted decisively yesterday on TransMountain. Dennis, can you first lay out the highlights of what came down yesterday.

• What was your sense of the dynamic that played out in these negotiations?
• How do you see this unfolding over the rest of the year?
• Is this a real turning point for how this country is dealing with carbon and energy? Will we learn anything from it?

Dennis, important press conference today out of Ottawa from the Minister of Finance on salvaging TMX. Can you elaborate for us.

With that context, how do think this unfolds over the next two weeks?

Is there a viable Plan B for Trudeau and Notley if this breaks down with Kinder in the short run?

Dennis since the last podcast some important developments, we see that the federal government is going to take action to salvage TMX, can you elaborate?

What is your sense of this new legislation, this financial arrangement?

How difficult do you see this in coming together, in less than six weeks?

Dennis, big news over the weekend on Trans Mountain, can you first just layout the facts of what has occurred?

• So how do you see this play out for the four key players?: Kinder, Ottawa, Alberta and BC
• If this project is lost, where does this all go?
• Does the NGO movement declare victory?
• How difficult is this for Alberta?

The Alberta Budget was released last week and the carbon taxes figured prominently, Dennis fills us in.

Many developments, let’s first start with the regulatory reform developments.

• More urgently, how is the Kinder Morgan situation unfolding?
• More broadly, how difficult is this going to get if BC does not stand? At what point, does Kinder lose its will to persevere?

Discussion of recent developments impacting progress on TMX and KXL with special emphasis on the recent BC intervention to thwart the project and the Alberta and federal response to that.