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Robyn Allan wrote to the NEB on Sept 8, 2018. She had written the Board in 2016 about errors in their recommendation report on the TMEX and they'd told her they couldn't respond because it was before the courts.
So Sept 8 she wrote again and argued re 5 errors to do with capital cost, number of tankers using the old line, the nature of agreements with shippers, the definition of the project in the report vs the definition used in the hearing, and a 'best interest of Canadians' statement. She explains why each is important.
One year after assuming the helm at B.C. Hydro, president and chief operating officer Chris O’Riley went before the Vancouver Board of Trade earlier this month for a progress report on Site C. “I want to start by acknowledging that Site C has been extremely challenging,” he began.
Meanwhile, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says Ottawa should appeal an earlier court ruling to the Supreme Court of Canada and legislate the project into existence.
THE CANADIAN PRESS
September 24, 2018
OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the federal government would find it easier to get the Trans Mountain pipeline built if it moves the route and the marine shipping terminal to avoid Indigenous communities that are oppose the project.
Nathan Cullen: "I’m doing a press conference in response to the Transmountain “announcement” today from the Liberals. They’ve added 22 weeks to the failed process from the Harper era and are expecting different results."
