Canada's Trudeau Won't Support or Oppose Energy East Pipeline

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, the front-runner to be Canada’s next prime minister, says he won’t favor or oppose TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Energy East pipeline, even as one of his top campaign officials resigned for advising the company on how to lobby for it.

Campaign Co-Chair Dan Gagnier said late Wednesday he would step down after the Canadian Press reported he’d written a letter advising his client, TransCanada, on how to lobby the next government. Trudeau, whose Liberals are leading in polls, distanced himself from Gagnier, calling the advice “inappropriate,” and declined to say where he stands on the project, which would carry Alberta crude to Canada’s east coast.