Ottawas pipeline approvals give Alberta boost, but rile critics
At a news conference in Ottawa, Mr. Trudeau gave the green light to Kinder Morgan Inc.’s tripling of capacity on its Trans Mountain line to Vancouver, and Enbridge Inc.’s expansion of its main export line to the U.S. – a total of one million barrels a day of added export capacity from Alberta.
However, the Prime Minister indicated Enbridge’s long-stalled Northern Gateway pipeline through the Great Bear Rainforest will not proceed, and Ottawa will impose a moratorium on crude tanker traffic off the northern coast of B.C.
"We made this decision today because we are convinced it is in the best interests of all Canadians,” he said. “We heard clearly from Canadians that they don’t want to see someone trying to make a choice between what’s good for the environment and what’s good for the economy. They need to go together.”
The two approved pipelines would create 23,000 jobs during construction, bring additional revenue to federal and provincial coffers, and bolster a battered oil industry in Western Canada, the Prime Minister said.
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