Premier John Horgan is accusing the federal government of putting taxpayers money at risk by offering financial protection for Kinder Morgan’s investors in the Trans Mountain pipeline dispute. Horgan says he is trying to protect the province’s interests by joining two legal cases over the project and asking the B-C Court of Appeal whether the province has the right to preserve its environment through a permitting system for hazardous substances that are transported within its borders. On Wednesday, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said the federal government is willing to offer an “indemnity” to help ease the political risks for any investors to ensure the pipeline expansion can proceed. Kinder Morgan has ceased all non-essential spending on the 7.4-billion dollar pipeline project that would twin the existing pipeline between Burnaby and Edmonton.