Trans Mountain pipeline's costs soaring due to "poor planning": Ex-construction manager 

Does anyone remember this pipeline was going to be built with no cost to tax payers?

The incompetence is borderline criminal .

Government oversight of a job turned into a colossal cash dumpster fire? Who would have thought. All you need to do is walk into any public service office to see the waste and mismanagement. My favourite lately was the greener homes grant for heat pumps. All that did was drive up the cost of a heat pump the exact amount of the grant. Can’t make this up.

Private company would never allow these cost increases. But the Gov forced Kinder out of this pipeline then turned it into a Gov job. It’s oil and gas industries fault for their poor decisions apparently

wow very well planed lots of brown envelopes being passed around

Basically the project was sabotage from the start.

Purposeful

Thanks Trudeau for this debacle

I can say with confidence that businesses gouge the government left, right, and centre while many public sector managers don't have the experience, knowledge, and/or competence to scrutinize what they're being charged. Surely that's not what's *caused* the enormous price balloon, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's a significant part.

The poor planning was well planning 😅

The original Trans Mountain pipeline was approved by charter in 1951. The construction started on Feb.1952 and was completed Oct 1953. The budget for the project was $1 Billion. It came in under budget and on time. Thirty months of construction and it was done. Private enterprises funded the project. The TMX was proposed in 2012. Started construction in 2017, construction halted and started again in 2019. The newest proposed completion time is 2024. Massive cost overruns and is expected to come in at $31 Billion. Yes, there is inflation to take into consideration from 1953 to 2023. Basically, the project took 3 years from concept to planning, construction and completion. Canada was amazing in the 1950's we got things done. Now from concept to completion, it is taking us 11 years to build the TMX from the initial proposal in 2012. Roughly 70% of the TMX is adjacent to the existing Trans Mountain Pipeline. We actually make the pipe needed for the project in Canada now. We have better construction equipment. One has to compare why it took 3 years in 1953 vs. 11 years in 2023 to basically do the same job? Private enterprise got fed up with all the environmentalist and BC government court challenges and the Canadian federal government had to buy the pipeline. Any lawyer would have told you that once the federal government deemed the project in the national interest of the country it was going to be built. However, the BC government and environmental groups kept up the court challenges till it went to the Supreme Court of Canada. Took them less than a week to arrive at the decision that the federal government had the authority to build the pipeline. Go figure. So why does it take us so long to do anything these days like housing and infrastructure improvements? We need to think and act like we did in the 1950's . When Canada and Canadians had that Can-do attitude. Think about it from the 1950s to 1980s we got things done in Canada. We need to get back to that work ethic and attitude.

How many houses, community centres, treatment centres & medicines would that money buy??!!

I wonder when the mountain got a sex change 😂

Well a, private contract turned to government contract of course it's going to sky rocket.

And guess who will pay for that?

Poor planning and soaring costs, sounds like the hallmark of the Liberal Party of Canada

You can see the Confusion when watching the work along some sections of the Coq, the progress is very slow. Now the terrain is very rough in places and you can sit and watch the confusion and watch discussions going on , no pre planning seems to of been done, idol cranes lying around for days , that costs a lot of money.

Also you will not report on our wonderful PM . You know the guy that cant seem to keep it in his pants while representing Canada . I would think this would be a security concern .

A big part of the delays were due to Indigenous consultation. The demands were numerous.

Ehhh it's still path you can use that path with or for some other systems of transportation one of these days making it easier later and cheaper to use when in need when that time comes.

Has everyone forgotten that the Feds have thrown money at two battery plants in Ontario - about 5 million per job created - except that they intend to hire a proportion of foreign workers. And they'll produce a product that may have a limited life-span once people figure out electric cars are a waste of time. And that the factories are owned by foreign entities. At least with the pipeline WE own it, and it will move 2 million barrels a day at around $60.00 a barrel and the taxes on that will pay back the cost of the pipeline in a very short time. Subsidizing VW ( a corporate criminal ) and Stellantis ( a huge multinational ) with our money for THEIR benefit is insane. About 28 billion dollars of insanity. I'll take the pipeline anytime over what will soon be a useless battery plant.

I'm sorry but if you told me it was going to cost 6X the initial cost that pipeline would never be made

Nothing unpredictable there……..I mean how many pipelines have Federal Government built in the past………Wonder why did oil sands companies not buy this pipeline by making a consortium. They could have built it for cheaper and would enjoy cheaper fees……

When it was bought out, did the Feds. KEEP the management team?? I did a job for the storage tanks in Burnaby years ago and was warned about the young buck TMP manager. When he showed up, all I saw was a CRACK HEAD shouting and yelling. His 14 year old daughter was in his TMP p/u truck. I asked politely: would you talk that way if your daughter was standing by us??

This ultimately lays at the feet of trudeau

Try working at ATCO.

Hopefully the new government can sell it for 50 cents on the dollar and stop the bleeding.

Right through a state forrest in WV. That was a great move fighting for it JM, will remember that if you run for any office again, dont count on my vote!!

Sounds like too many payouts and fingers in the pie, what a joke.

Nobody was excited except KINDER who made a bundle out of this albatross .

Another way Canadians are getting shafted. What's worse? Oil price is going to be plummeting year after year.

Wow I am shocked.

It was always a minimum 15Billion project wasn't it? The tack on the delays and else tack on another 5 Billions. the Extra 11 Billions is most likely just governement allowing balloning and forgot to fix things and just rushed and forgot to replan after it got started wasn't it? And then for politicl reason either side, one the appease the greens, the other to not being forcefull enough to press on with land problems so no one want to look at it unless a emergency and safety reasons, but no one want to open the papers ot tiredsome papers, not my problem not my money I guess, and re-work the planning even at the start it wasn't suppose to be like this and details and re-planning is "planned" to have need be done. And out of mind of gov because of the confrontations when starting the build. So it is simply something that's going but no one want to look at it out of sight out of mind, or even if remembered too exaperate to do anything about it.

Nice going Trudeau!!!

SURPRISE SURPRISE.

I was not suprise I work 30 years on this and people call me 3 times work on this job.the contractor they hire was non-union and was not capable handle huge job like this.they put lots politics like hire native,local ,people welfare yes all this thing add up quick.i work one job they want us hire losers I said no way or union walk off job yes.the planning need lots when you work with bc anti oil well you got result now you figure.

All part of the plan to make sure it fails

Get a long term job in Canadas Oil Pipeline, you are guaranteed long term employment. How will Canadians pay for this? Carbon Taxes to Support an Expensive Carbon Pipeline.

This is good news because less fossil fuels means less climate change.

This project and Arrivecan before that.. figures, that is why 2025 cannot come soon enough

Trans? Is it a he, she, or it? What's it's pronoun?

Stop and bail

IF for NO other reason Trudeau and co. need to go .

WHAT?! EVEN THE MOUNTAIN PIPELINE IS TRANS?! 🤣

And the constant legal wrangling from activists has no effect? We’re actually going to take the word of an ex manager? By He had no responsibility in this? The reality is, no matter what construction project it is; it’s impossible to predict exactly what the final cost is going to be. The average person couldn’t tell you exactly how long it’s gonna take you to wash their car inside and out…

Thank a Liberal.

Poor planning? How about NO planning at all? Look at the cabinet... mostly inexperienced woke folk. What more would one expect from these clowns? Any contractor who wins a federal govt contract would know it wasn't well planned to begin with. But they went on and started work anyway. Change orders are lucrative.