The National Post reports in its Saturday, June 7, edition that in January, Stewart Phillip, grand chief of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, stated that he had changed his mind about Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. The Post's Tristin Hopper writes that previously a vocal opponent, Mr. Phillip suggested that pipelines might not be such a bad idea. He suggested that if necessary infrastructure was not built, President Donald Trump would step in. The backlash was swift, leading Mr. Phillip to reverse his stance within 24 hours. This brief moment as a pipeline supporter foreshadowed future events. Despite a brief possibility of Canada building oil pipelines, Canadian leaders quickly reverted to their anti-oil stances. As recently as April, a poll commissioned by Bloomberg News found 77 per cent of Canadians not only supportive of a new pipeline, but of one that would be "government-funded." It is a different story, however, at the political level, where specific proposals to actually build and approve a new pipeline are already being met with hedging or new conditions. In mid-May, Prime Minister Mark Carney stated he would support "just doing one pipe," but only if there was a "consensus."