Parliamentary Budget Officer

The federal NDP is pushing the Liberal government to make permanent the emergency COVID-19 benefits it put in place early in the pandemic, arguing in a non-binding motion on a guaranteed livable income that such an effort would help eradicate poverty.

The Dec. 8 report by Yves Giroux concludes that the government’s decision in 2018 to purchase and run the pipeline remains a profitable move only if Ottawa doesn’t take further steps to combat climate change, and if the planet maintains its unquenchable thirst for oil.

Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson’s comments come as the Parliamentary Budget Office releases its latest estimates on the federal carbon tax.

A report that says the Trans Mountain pipeline system has earned net income of $29 million in the 19 months since it was purchased by Ottawa relies on faulty accounting, according to a vocal critic of the project.