Editorial: Joe Oliver's twice dangerous prejudgement

Robin Rowland 

Energy
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Joe Oliver's twice dangerous prejudgement

 Twice in as many days this week, the new Conservative Minister of
Natural Resources, Joe Oliver, has  prejudged the outcome of  National
Energy Board hearings on both pipeline projects that could be built to
the port of Kitimat, the Enbridge Northern Gateway  which would carry
oil sands bitumen and the KM LNG project which would carry natural gas
for liquefaction at a Kitimat terminal.

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