The practice of Politics is at least in part the art of finding a way around, over or between implacable positions.

Wente has neatly summarized the ridiculously rigid positions of the eco-Vancouverites - no compromises are possible, no data or logic need be raised.

The endless pandering to pipeline opponents, starting with Northern Gateway, has reached its logical and predictable conclusion: opposition to any and all oil pipelines in Canada.

In reality, the correct decision is obvious: Trans Mountain follows an existing right-of-way for the vast majority of its route, and it is ridiculous hysterics to believe that any new tanker traffic cannot be handled safely, unless we believe that the rest of the world can somehow manage to transport 10's of millions of barrels of oil by tanker every day with very few incidents (and with not one of those incidents ever having resulted in the eco-armageddons being screamed about, including Exxon Valdez), but we cannot.

Good luck Junior.