A little more than half of Canadians believe Kinder Morgan could have done a better job of earning public support for the Trans Mountain pipeline, a poll released Monday suggests.
Fifty-eight per cent of Canadians say the pipeline operator hadn鈥檛 properly handled publicity over the controversial project, according to data from Angus Reid Institute, which would twin an existing pipeline that extends from central Alberta to the west coast.
The project has long been the subject of public protests in B.C., as well as an escalating trade war and .
on the pipeline earlier this month.
The opinion of pipeline supporters isn鈥檛 much different from that of the general population, the poll suggests.
Fifty-six per cent of supporters still thought Kinder Morgan had done a poor public relations job.
Among those opposed, 70 per cent thought the company hadn鈥檛 handled public outcry properly.
However, 60 per cent of Canadians said the protesters didn鈥檛 represent the mainstream鈥檚 views on the pipeline.
Crown counsel is currently considering for violating a court order not to go near the Trans Mountain worksite in Burnaby.
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