Bill C-69 would overhaul the assessment process of major energy projects and add new criteria including “gender implications."
trans mountain pipeline
Forty-three Indigenous groups completed agreements to support the project.
Higher crude-by-rail rates lead to lower prices for Canadian crude.
The Court also mentioned the potential impact of oil tankers on killer whales.
The largest growth of energy demand is projected to be in China, Southeast Asia and India.
The unpredictable and shaky trade relationship between Canada and the U.S. further exacerbates the need for new pipelines to tidewater.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad is the most famous case of federal involvement in infrastructure projects.
Bill C-69 would completely overhaul how major energy projects are reviewed by government in Canada.
B.C. Premier John Horgan says the nationalization of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion doesn’t allay his concerns.
The Trudeau government’s decision is an admission that Canada’s approval process for major infrastructure projects is broken.