Former Finance Minister Bill Morneau discussed the high-pressure 2018 Trans Mountain negotiations with MBA students at Western University during a Lessons from CEOs on Managing Strategic Transformation class, on Nov. 19.

As Alberta, British Columbia and Ottawa face off over a potential second pipeline to the Pacific coast, the politician who championed the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion held a referendum on the project with Western University business students.

Former federal finance minister Bill Morneau struggled to win votes for his government’s decision to have taxpayers take over what proved to be a nation-building piece of infrastructure, with a hefty $34-billion price tag.

Last Wednesday, eight days before Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith w

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