Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Could Grow Economy By $18 Billion

[Anonymous]

The original pipeline has been shipping crude to Vancouver for 62 years now safely. Shame on anti-science municipal politicians in GVRD  for  trying to block it. Fix the roads and stay the fuck out of it.

VANCOUVER – An expanded Trans Mountain pipeline would add $18.2 billion to Canada's gross domestic product over 20 years, benefit First Nations and reduce environmental harm, Kinder Morgan says.



The energy giant filed its final written submissions to the National Energy Board on Thursday, arguing the $5.4-billion proposal is a safe and viable option to transport diluted bitumen from Alberta's oilsands to British Columbia's coast.



"The scrutiny and rigour this project has undergone, both inside and outside of the formal NEB process, is unprecedented," said Ian Anderson, president of Kinder Morgan Canada.



"Our team takes pride in the efforts made to consider input and present the very best scientific and technical evidence to both the public and the regulator," he said in a statement.



Kinder Morgan hopes to triple the capacity of its Trans Mountain line by laying almost 1,000 kilometres of new pipe from Edmonton to Metro Vancouver. The project would increase the number of tankers to 34 per month from five in Burrard Inlet.



The Metro Vancouver regional council and North Vancouver's Tsleil-Waututh Nation are among the interveners who staunchly oppose the project, citing environmental and public health risks and little benefit to the economy.



The energy board will make a recommendation to the federal government in January.



In documents filed Thursday, the company addressed scathing evidence issued by interveners earlier this year. One expert report from Metro Vancouver found toxic benzene fumes from a spill could make up to one million people sick.



Kinder Morgan said the report, conducted by Levelton Consultants Ltd., is misleading because it presents a worst-case scenario without qualification and doesn't account for its planned $100-million investment in spill response.



It also vowed to meet 145 draft conditions issued last week by the energy board, but asked for scheduling changes. For example, the board asked for some reports to be filed a year before construction, but the company hopes to begin some work in June 2016.



The company said it has signed 28 mutual benefits agreements with First Nations and promised to create employment and training opportunities for aboriginal communities.



Trans Mountain spokeswoman Ali Hounsell said public feedback has prompted changes to the project, including thickening pipeline walls in cities, and routing to avoid 22 major river crossings.



"We believe that the input and feedback we've received has made a better project — a stronger, safer, more responsible project. And we will continue to listen."



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[Anonymous]

Another No Development Party candidate scapegoats Canadian oil.



Local NDP candidate sounds off against oilsands.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Local-NDP-candidate-sounds-off-against-oil-sands-322552931.html">http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/ ... 52931.html">http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Local-NDP-candidate-sounds-off-against-oil-sands-322552931.html

[RW]

I remember when the NDP was the party for working people.

[Anonymous]

I remember when the NDP was the party for working people.

Whatever happened to the penny pinching, prairie socialists like Tommy Douglas and Roy Romanow? I couldn't imagine Tommy Douglas badmouthing Canadian industry.

[RW]

I remember the days of Jack Munroe cussing it up while fighting for the rights of workers over the rights of trees.

[Anonymous]

An NDP candidate in the Vancouver area said no pipeline is worthwhile. Meanwhile president Obama has streamlined the regulatory process South of the border and has sped up the pipeline approval process.

[Lance Leftardashian]

It is a horrible crime that the oilsands have destroyed so much of northern Alberta. We must stop this rape of the land.

[Anonymous]

It is a horrible crime that the oilsands have destroyed so much of northern Alberta. We must stop this rape of the land.

Yes, Northern Alberta is a polluted wasteland and Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela or even Southern Ontario could teach Albertans a thing or two about conservation.  



However, you will be pleased to learn that our new government is doing everything in their power to kick Albertans while we are down.