No real need for pipeline between oilsands and West Coast: bureaucrat

A multi-billion dollar pipeline project that would link the oilsands region to the coast of British Columbia offers new export capacity that the Canadian industry does not really need, senior bureaucrats have told the federal government... 

 The details of the federal assessment were released in over 300 pages of internal documents from Natural Resources Canada, obtained by Postmedia News, which also noted rising public opposition to Enbridge's proposed project over concerns about oil spills that could plague pristine natural habitat on land and water -- especially in light of recent accidents such as BP's Gulf Coast well blow-out and an Enbridge crude oil pipeline rupture and leak into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan.

Editor's note The Sun says Environmental Defence of Toronto filed the original Access To Information request.