On the same day: In Davos, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told the World Economic Forum that his government consider it a "national priority" to ensure the country has the "capacity to export our energy products beyond the United States, and specifically to Asia...In this regard, we will soon take action to ensure that major energy […]
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Editorial In the past few days there has been a lot of comment from politicians, pundits, columnists and business analysts about "fast tracking" the Northern Gateway pipeline project now that the United States has postponed approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. If anyone wanted proof that these people are completely out of touch with reality, […]
Keystone XL decision - more questions than answers: Blog
November 11, 2011
A blog by Edmonton based, University of Alberta business professor Andrew Leach, Keystone XL decision - more questions than answers, analyzes the Keystone postponement through the rose coloured glasses we see often from Alberta (referring, of course, to the provincial flower, not the political party) and is more intelligent than what we've seen from the […]
In her column in The Calgary Herald, Nov 4, 2011 aimed at making the Northern Gateway Joint Review process quick, efficient and excluding a lot of people who want to make oral comments pro-pipeline columnist Deborah Yedlin raises once again what is a big deal for the mostly conservative Postmedia columnists. (See Part One of […]
Dave Shannon, an engineer and a member of Douglas Channel Watch discusses Enbridge's planned oil spill response for the Northern Gateway Pipeline along the critical Hunter Creek region at a meeting of the District of Kitimat Council, Nov. 7, 2011. The circled numbers indicate the barrels per day of diluted bitumen that Enbridge planners say […]
Energy Links According to media reports, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has killed support for the Pacific North Coast Integrated Area Management Initiative (PNCIMA) set up to monitor the ocean on the northern BC coast, while at the same time killing a plan to ban export of bitumen to countries with poor environmental records. The Calgary […]
National Post Columnist Peter Foster Big Green blocks oil sands Northern Gateway is being ostensibly opposed by native groups. The question is how far those groups are being manipulated -and paid -by the green movement. Two weeks ago, aboriginal protestors ululated and banged on their drums outside the Enbridge annual meeting. They have also […]
Diane Francis, columnist, Financial Post Time to settle First Nations land claims The time has come for Canada and the provinces to make timely and responsible resource development the country's number one national interest. This represents a policy priority that has never existed but is absolutely essential today to protect Canadian living standards and rights. […]