Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr has announced the appointment of three new temporary National Energy Board members to review TransCanada's proposed Energy East pipeline.
Don Ferguson, a former top bureaucrat in New Brunswick, Carole Malo, a seasoned accountant and consultant from Ontario, and Marc Paquin, a lawyer and professor from Quebec, focused on environmental law, are the three bilingual panellists Carr picked to study the 4,500-kilometre pipeline, which would carry oil from Alberta and Saskatchewan to refineries in Eastern Canada.
The National Energy Board is responsible for reviewing important major energy projects.
In September, the National Energy Board announced its three Energy East panellists had recused themselves following complaints that two of them met with former Quebec premier Jean Charest, a consultant for developer TransCanada at the time, to discuss the pipeline. They are still NEB board members, and have since been reassigned to review other projects.
Those resignations derailed the process, which had also been rocked by protests from anti-pipeline activists in Montreal.
The chair or acting chair of the NEB is ultimately responsible for assigning new board members
Duboyce said the pipeline would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, because refineries in Canada's east will shake the reliance on foreign oil imports. It would also create 14,000 direct and indirect jobs annually across Canada during development and construction, he said.
Im my opinon new pipelines can be positive and negative in many different ways this is why we alsways should consider the pros and cons before we judge an idea. This current event is very important to Canada because as we know the oil industry is very important to Us as a country.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/new-neb-board-members-energy-east-1.3892748
Don Ferguson, a former top bureaucrat in New Brunswick, Carole Malo, a seasoned accountant and consultant from Ontario, and Marc Paquin, a lawyer and professor from Quebec, focused on environmental law, are the three bilingual panellists Carr picked to study the 4,500-kilometre pipeline, which would carry oil from Alberta and Saskatchewan to refineries in Eastern Canada.
The National Energy Board is responsible for reviewing important major energy projects.
In September, the National Energy Board announced its three Energy East panellists had recused themselves following complaints that two of them met with former Quebec premier Jean Charest, a consultant for developer TransCanada at the time, to discuss the pipeline. They are still NEB board members, and have since been reassigned to review other projects.
Those resignations derailed the process, which had also been rocked by protests from anti-pipeline activists in Montreal.
The chair or acting chair of the NEB is ultimately responsible for assigning new board members
Duboyce said the pipeline would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, because refineries in Canada's east will shake the reliance on foreign oil imports. It would also create 14,000 direct and indirect jobs annually across Canada during development and construction, he said.
Im my opinon new pipelines can be positive and negative in many different ways this is why we alsways should consider the pros and cons before we judge an idea. This current event is very important to Canada because as we know the oil industry is very important to Us as a country.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/new-neb-board-members-energy-east-1.3892748