TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline would span thousands of miles, from rural Alberta to the Atlantic coast of New Brunswick. In 2012 the Canadian government passed Bill C-38, which removes key environmental protections, expedites the pipeline approval process, and limits who can testify in public pipeline hearings—and what they can say. “I don’t know if I should be shocked or honoured,” van Waarden wrote on his blog. van Waarden: From talking to people, it became apparent that the more people knew about the project, the more they were against it. That was true even in places like rural Saskatchewan, even talking to people who were strongly supportive of the [Energy East] project.