This cancellation exemplifies the consequences of dithering.  It takes leadership to analyze the facts at hand, evaluate the pros and cons of a proposal and make a clear decision.  But, our nation has come under the illusion that we can debate something endlessly, with no clear framework of decision criteria, and a consensus will just emerge and lead to a happy outcome.  It does not work that way.  That is why our Constitution has defined zones of responsibility for federal and provincial governments.  The men who framed the BNA recognized that too many cooks end up spoiling the  broth.

We are seeing the same sad thing happening with pipelines.

The future belong to those who seize opportunities as they arise.    With our slate of political leadership across the country today, had they been in place 140 years ago, we would never even had seen the Canadian Pacific Railway constructed.  And, no Canadian Railroad Trilogy from Gordon Lightfoot.  He'd be stuck singing about canoes.