441-00850 (Natural resources and energy)

The Government thanks the petitioners for expressing their views about Canada’s purchase of the Trans Mountain Corporation (TMC) as well as views on TMC’s Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP).

TMEP is creating thousands of good, middle-class jobs; it will unlock new global markets in order to get a fair price for Canadian energy, and help advance reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, including through economic opportunity.

With around 75 percent of the pipeline already built and the project significantly de-risked, TMEP as it stands today is very different from the project that Kinder Morgan proposed in 2017. It has been designed to a higher standard for environmental protection, undergone rigorous consultation with Indigenous groups and will support union jobs in British Columbia and Alberta. These enhancements have improved TMEP, ensured that construction proceeds in the right way, and that it will support the Canadian economy today and into the future.

The project is also creating economic benefits for many Indigenous communities through contracting, financial compensation, and employment and training opportunities. To date, TMC has signed 69 agreements with 86 Indigenous communities worth over $650 million, and the project will generate over $4.2 billion in Indigenous-based contract awards.