The recent provincial election in B.C. has added a new wrinkle to the development of an expanded Kinder Morgan pipeline to the west coast. Christie Clark’s Liberals fell short in their bid to hold power, now relegated to the Opposition benches in favour of an NDP-Green Party coalition. Though approval for the Kinder Morgan pipeline lies outside of provincial jurisdiction, this new political development casts some doubt on its completion.

 

With this in mind, our June survey revisited some questions we asked in 2011 about public attitudes regarding pipelines, and upgrading and refining of Alberta’s oilsands at home:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click the link to view detailed findings and methodology: Public Views on Oilsands Refining and Pipelines July 2017

 

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