Sentences with phrase «gateway pipeline decision»

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Decisions made the B.C. Supreme Court in favour of lower levels of government having the authority to create environmental protections in relation to the Northern Gateway pipeline could also support the province's case, Ryder said.

On June 17, 2014 the National Energy Board issued a decision statement to Enbridge under section 54 (1) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, SC 2012, c 19, s 52 announcing that the federal Governor in Council had approved the Northern Gateway pipeline subject to the 209 conditions recommended by the Northern Gateway panel (The panel report was the subject of earlier ABlawg comments here and here).

The B.C. Liberals abdicated their responsibility and ignored the voices of B.C. communities, First Nations and businesses by handing over decision - making power for the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project to the federal government.

But Obama's self - serving decision should remind Canadians of the dangerous risks of relying on just one single customer, and toughen our resolve to build more pipelines, like Northern Gateway, to reach more customers.

EthicalOil.org launched its ad campaign this week to reveal the foreign interests that are colluding to manipulate our government's decision on whether to approve the Northern Gateway pipeline project.

David Suzuki isn't surprised the federal government approved the contentious Northern Gateway pipeline Tuesday, but he is surprised Prime Minister Stephen Harper didn't have the «courage» to announce the decision to Canadians.

Groups coming from outside Canada are using their wealth and power to «hijack» our hearings process reviewing the Northern Gateway pipeline — to borrow a term used by our prime minister — trying to manipulate our decision, rather than letting us decide amongst ourselves.

They've written letters to the government demanding that Ottawa stop a swarm of activist groups backed by foreign billionaires from hijacking — as the prime minister himself put it — the hearings over the Canadian Northern Gateway pipeline that would carry our oil from Alberta to B.C. Canadians have been calling into radio shows and writing blogs, and spreading the word in their communities about the fact that this crucial decision over Canada's national energy policy is being infiltrated by what are essentially the well - paid lobbyists of wealthy and powerful foreign interests.

Successfully challenging British Columbia's abdication of environmental assessment decision - making power over the Northern Gateway pipeline: Coastal First Nations v. British Columbia (Environment).

The impact of this decision creates further hurdles for the Northern Gateway pipeline project, and the Kinder Morgan Trans - Mountain pipeline project.

In 2012 - 2014, we represented Heiltsuk First Nation before the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Joint Review Panel, and in 2015 - 2016, we represented Heiltsuk First Nation and Kitasoo / Xai» xais during a judicial review before the Federal Court of Appeal, and successfully challenged the decisions of the National Energy Board and government to allow the building of the pipeline.