"we commissioned independent economist Robyn Allan to dig further into Trans Mountain’s publicly available financial records. The result of her work was published in a new report"

"We found that the federal government is using corporate shells and accounting magic to hide Trans Mountain’s losses from Canadians, while creating the illusion of commercial viability with classic sleight of hand."

https://wcel.org/blog/hocus-pocus-how-trans-mountains-accounting-magic-creates-illusion-commercial-viability

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Hocus Pocus: How Trans Mountain’s accounting magic creates the illusion of commercial viability

Our work to oppose the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX) is grounded in upholding Indigenous rights, fighting climate change, and preventing the devastating local impacts of an oil spill. Since 2014, we have also focused on analyzing and critiquing the economic arguments presented by Trans Mountain’s owners, Kinder Morgan and the Canadian government, because they are

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