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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation recently asked the Trudeau government for “upstream and downstream” emissions analyses it had conducted before handing over large cheques to Bombardier and Ford.

The government’s response to our inquiry was as nonsensical as the decision to fund those two companies in the first place.

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Recall that TransCanada had an application before the National Energy Board earlier this year that sought to expand one of its existing pipelines. The Energy East pipeline project would have transported oil from Western Canada to Eastern Canada, reducing Eastern Canada’s reliance on foreign oil while allowing Canadian companies to sell oil around the world.

TransCanada’s pipeline project would have created 14,000 jobs and, best of all, it would have paid $10 billion in taxes to the government — money that could have been used to pay for government services across Canada, easing the tax burden on everyday Canadians at the same time.