Another tar sands pipeline fracas
Northern Gateway Pipeline: David Anderson, Former Environment Minister, Says It's Not In Canada's Best Interest
CP | By Tamsyn Burgmann, The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER - A former federal environment minister has joined the mounting fracas around the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, arguing the project is not in Canada's best interest and that Enbridge (TSX:ENB) is the "last company in North America" that should be permitted to do the job.
But David Anderson does not agree with his First Nations groups and environmentalists that have harsh words for the position taken by British Columbia's premier, instead lauding Christy Clark for playing her cards right.
"This harumphing and huffing and puffing and 'Christy Clark doesn't understand it' — She's smart as a fox on this one," Anderson said in an interview after joining several anti-pipeline activists who called on the premier to take a tougher stand.
"She understands that the whole concept of royalties must be brought up and we're going to have to shake that tree pretty hard and we don't know what's going to fall out of it. She's started that debate. No one has dared do it since Trudeau."
Last week, Clark walked out of talks at an annual premiers' meeting that included discussion about crafting a national energy strategy.
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CP | By Tamsyn Burgmann, The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER - A former federal environment minister has joined the mounting fracas around the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, arguing the project is not in Canada's best interest and that Enbridge (TSX:ENB) is the "last company in North America" that should be permitted to do the job.
But David Anderson does not agree with his First Nations groups and environmentalists that have harsh words for the position taken by British Columbia's premier, instead lauding Christy Clark for playing her cards right.
"This harumphing and huffing and puffing and 'Christy Clark doesn't understand it' — She's smart as a fox on this one," Anderson said in an interview after joining several anti-pipeline activists who called on the premier to take a tougher stand.
"She understands that the whole concept of royalties must be brought up and we're going to have to shake that tree pretty hard and we don't know what's going to fall out of it. She's started that debate. No one has dared do it since Trudeau."
Last week, Clark walked out of talks at an annual premiers' meeting that included discussion about crafting a national energy strategy.
(Continued here.)
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I assume that you are aware of almost 1,200 barrels of oil in Wisconsin Friday. Earlier this month, I wrote about the Northern Gateway project noting a comment from Robyn Allan, former CEO of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia :
“There is no reason to believe Enbridge would be directly responsible for the cost of any spill based on the limited partnership structure. This structure allows profits to flow to Enbridge, but from what I have seen in the documents, not spill liabilities.”
So, if Canada lets the project go forward, and their is a spill, the Canadian taxpayers may be stuck.
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