The Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA) is pleased that the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP) will be constructed. Through its completion, TMEP will create thousands of jobs and deliver economic benefits across the entire country. Canada will continue to need major pipeline projects to deliver responsibly-produced Canadian energy to markets around the world while ensuring a fair price for our resources. CEPA is deeply concerned that the government needed to purchase the project [Read more]
The pipeline industry needs clarity about Canada’s regulatory process
Recent polling suggests Canadians recognize that pipelines are the safest way to transport oil, that the National Energy Board garners a significant amount of public trust and that Quebeckers would rather get their oil from Alberta than Saudi Arabia. And still we find ourselves engaged in a political debate around public acceptance and regulation. The recent discourse around pipelines has focused on the regulatory process and the NEB itself. This has led to a policy expanding the regulatory [Read more]