Trudeau Faces Daunting Path to Sale of Canada’s $26 Billion Oil Pipeline

  • Plan to give Trans Mountain stake to Indigenous groups stalled
  • Oil companies object to tolls; analysts question valuation
Pieces of the Trans Mountain pipeline project sit in a storage lot outside of Hope, British Columbia, during construction in 2021.Photographer: Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images
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Justin Trudeau has promised one of the largest government-led asset sales in Canadian history by divesting the Trans Mountain pipeline, a huge conduit that moves crude from the province of Alberta to the west coast.

But the government faces a mounting set of challenges in unloading it — including high interest rates, a fight over costs with oil companies, and a looming election.