You're asking me a question that has several aspects, and it's not easy to answer in a reasonable way.
I'd like to clarify something. At the end of my previous answer, I said that the government's view was that it wasn't necessarily a good owner for a project like Trans Mountain.
An important distinction must be made between owning a project that has already been completed and is stable, and owning a project that is under construction. In the case of Trans Mountain, it's only during the construction period that the government acts as owner.