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Or sign-in if you have an account.Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announce the submission of the West Coast Pipeline Project in Calgary on July 2. 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Please try againPublic support for various pipeline proposals has varied over the years, from a low of 39 per cent for the rejected Northern Gateway project, which would have ended on B.C.’s northern coast, to a high of 65 per cent for the Energy East pipeline from Alberta to New Brunswick, which was initially proposed in 2016, but cancelled by proponent TC Energy Corp.Support for the B.C. pipeline is strongest in Alberta at 78 per cent and 63 per cent in B.C., where resistance to pipelines has been acute in the past,Ottawa cleared a “mental hurdle” for British Columbians to support this pipeline, which runs along the Trans Mountain expansion corridor, by reconfirming a federal tanker ban on the province’s northern coast, Kurl said.Nearly nine in 10 people are aware of the B.C. proposal and Ottawa’s Major Projects Office is now assessing the plan to see if it qualifies as a project of national interest.Overall, 55 per cent of Canadians also support the construction of a second pipeline going east from Hardisty in southern Alberta to Sarnia, Ont., that was proposed by Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, though awareness of that project was much lower, with four in 10 people saying they had never heard of it.However, people’s support is not written in stone.Only a quarter were steadfast in their support for the B.C. pipeline, while a bit more than one third of those who backed the pipeline said they could be convinced otherwise.“In both cases, only about half of Canadians say they have truly made up their minds about the projects, suggesting both proposed pipelines sit on shifting ground,” Angus Reid said in a report on the poll.But Kurl said she doesn’t think people who are equivocating about their support would end up taking to the streets to fight a pipeline.“But public moods can shift if we all of a sudden see a significant drop in oil prices, if we see massive cost overruns around the actual building of the thing, if along the way Canadians start to hear from First Nations,” she said. “Those are the things that can absolutely shift public opinion on the pipeline project.”The prospect of selling more oil to markets other than the United States was cited by 55 per cent as the most compelling reason to support the Alberta to B.C. pipeline, while 51 per cent agreed that oil is a key source of income for the Canadian economy. Less than half cited the job and economic growth opportunities.Top arguments against the B.C. pipeline included that Canada should be investing in renewable energy and that the cost will outweigh the economic benefits.Only 13 per cent said they thought agreeing to build the pipeline would boost national unity, especially in Alberta.In the case of the Alberta-to-Ontario pipeline, people cited jobs as the top reason to back the project and the potential economic benefits came in second.“The majority of Canadians are looking at a lot of these issues through the lens of energy sovereignty and carbon diversification because of everything that’s happened with the U.S.,” Kurl said. Sign up here to get Posthaste delivered straight to your inbox.Housing construction in Canada continued to thin in June — further evidence that homebuilders are pulling back amid weak demand, rising costs and a surplus of unsold homes.Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) said the six-month trend in housing starts fell 2.8 per cent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 248,123 units. At the same time, the monthly annualized pace slipped six per cent to 238,971 units, while actual housing starts in centres with populations of 10,000 or more fell 13 per cent year over year. — Shantae Campbell, Financial PostRead the full story here.Today’s Data: Canada international securities transactions, U.S. import and export prices, housing starts and building permits This 62-year-old, divorced human resource manager has been living off a small inheritance of $85,000 after retiring last year from her job, where she earned $120,000. She’s a bit worried about how she will fund her retirement, because she doesn’t have a company pension plan. However, she’s not totally without resources. Right now, her investments total $531,400 from various sources, plus a fully paid condo worth $460,000. 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