Ottawa takes aim at gridlock with new transportation plan

A new poll finds that the majority of Canadians support both the Alberta-B.C. pipeline and the Alberta-Ontario pipeline, though one of the two was favoured by survey respondents. The poll, conducted by the Angus Reid Institute , revealed that the proposal for a new pipeline from Alberta to B.C. received 63 per cent support, while the plan to bring oil to Sarnia, Ontario, received 55 per cent support. Interestingly, 62 per cent of respondents in B.C. itself supported the pipeline proposal, despite, the research foundation notes, being a province where pipeline resistance has been a...