What if the inter-provincial Trans Mountain pipeline dispute doesn’t represent a failure of democracy or the rule of law? What if it actually shows a system working the way it’s supposed to?

Political theorist David Moscrop joins host Andre Goulet to explain why, far from a constitutional crisis, this is what functional federalism looks like in action.

Plus: exploring the self-interests and political motivations guiding the pipeline policies of John Horgan, Rachel Notley and Justin Trudeau.

Look for David Moscrop's ‘The Kinder Morgan spat is an intractable slog—but it’s also democracy in action’ at macleans.ca

This conversation was recorded on April 22nd, 2018.

Mastered by Chris Hernandez at Studio Petit Palais in Montreal.