TD report predicts 'meaningful' GDP boost from West Coast pipeline

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The Federal Court of Appeal is to reveal today whether a new set of legal challenges to the Trans Mountain pipeline project can proceed.

The federal government has twice approved a plan to twin an existing pipeline from Alberta's oilpatch to the B.C. coast." width="620" />

A new oil pipeline to the West Coast would lift Canada and Alberta's gross domestic product, but perhaps not to the degree the provincial and federal governments are forecasting, says a new report from TD Economics.