Commentary

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Canada is edging toward a constitutional crisis. Kinder Morgan’s decision to halt all non-essential expenditures on its Trans Mountain expansion project has thrust the debate on the project onto the national stage as an issue of national unity.

The legal-risks landscape for Canadian companies will get more complicated in 2018, and that complexity is going to divert time and money from the business of building Canada’s economy.

“It will be built.” These words will define Justin Trudeau’s first term in office, and very possibly whether it is his last.

The irony isn’t lost on anyone. The globe’s premier social sharing platform failed to share in the crucial days following a crisis. Instead, executives remained silent, allowing the media to tell the story.

It would degenerate into a sizable, heated argument if anyone challenged the notion that the Sedins – Daniel and Henrik, or Danny and Hank as they are more commonly known – have been the biggest brands in the city’s sports history.

For those old enough to remember, there was a time when the evening news routinely covered major strikes in the province. Labour disputes were common in the 1970s and 1980s. A few decades later, strikes and lockouts are relatively rare.

Everyone knew that Vancouver housing prices were criminal; they just didn’t know by how much.

We all have two jobs in Canada: our own and the head of the CBC. We all think we can do the second job better, and at least it saves us from doing our first one better.

Dear Justin: what’s with you? If you actually believe the Trans Mountain pipeline is in the national interest, if you actually believe federal approval in federal jurisdiction means a project must be built without impediment, then what is the problem