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OTTAWA — The Trudeau government dropped another hint Thursday that it is poised to approve a pipeline proposal to bring hundreds of thousands of barrels of diluted Alberta bitumen to tankers loading on the B.C. coast.

Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr, asked by B.C. Conservative MP Mark Strahl when the government will approve pipeline proposals to help unemployed energy and construction workers find jobs, said Liberals will succeed where the Tories failed on that front.

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“Let’s talk about the number of kilometres of pipeline that were built to oceans during their 10 years. The number is zero,” Carr said during question period while holding up his fingers to create a circle shape.

“So if the honourable member thinks that it makes good public policy to try to repeat that failure, we think we have a better way.”

Carr’s statement comes amid growing speculation in political circles that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet will conditionally approve next week one major pipeline project to the B.C. coast, while blocking another.