EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is lauding the federal government's decision to approve for a second time the construction of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project. But Kenney says he won't be celebrating until shovels are in the ground and the project, which triples the capacity of the existing line, is built. Kenney also says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to do more on other fronts to the get more Canadian oil to global markets. He reiterated his call for [Read more]
Business leaders welcome pipeline approval but fear it may not be completed
CALGARY - Ottawa's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion pleased business leaders on Tuesday but they say they will hold off on popping champagne corks until construction begins on new pipe from Edmonton to the West Coast. "It was essential to show the world that our country can get major infrastructure projects approved," said CEO Tim McMillan of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers at an afternoon news conference. "It is now essential we show the world we can get [Read more]
Trans Mountain timeline: A look at key dates in the project’s history
OTTAWA - The federal cabinet's long-awaited decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is due Tuesday. Here are some other key dates in the history of the original project and Kinder Morgan Canada's controversial efforts to expand its capacity: October 1953: The Trans Mountain pipeline begins shipping oil with an initial capacity of 150,000 barrels per day. The project initially features four pump stations along its 1,150-kilometre route and a marine dock that connects loading [Read more]
N.L. premier says he will take Ottawa to task over joint management of resources
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As senators debate the fate of Ottawa's bill on resource project assessments, Newfoundland and Labrador's premier says he'll do whatever it takes to ensure his province remains globally competitive. Premier Dwight Ball said today that he would be prepared to use an arbitration clause in the Atlantic Accord if he thinks Ottawa isn't respecting the deal's joint management principle around offshore oil and gas resources. He made the comment in a speech to an oil and gas [Read more]
Deadline for cabinet to decide future of Trans Mountain expansion is today
OTTAWA - The federal government is widely expected to green light the Trans Mountain expansion project a second time today but, even with a Yes vote, construction is likely weeks, if not months away. The federal cabinet will be reconsidering the project at its weekly meeting this morning, nine months after the Federal Court of Appeal shelved the original approval. Any decision isn't likely to be announced until after the markets close for the day. International Trade Minister Jim Carr said [Read more]
Oil, manufacturers lobby urges Senate to kill off environmental assessment bill
OTTAWA - A coalition of oil and gas industry groups, chambers of commerce and manufacturers associations say there is no room to fix the government's environmental assessment legislation. The Save Canadian Jobs coalition is changing their slogan from "Fix Bill C-69" to "Stop Bill C-69" after the government rejected most of the changes proposed last week by the Senate. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said she would accept 99 Senate amendments but rejected those which she says would [Read more]
Oil and gas sector cautious as clock ticks down to Trans Mountain decision
CALGARY - Observers on the front lines of Western Canada's oil and gas sector are looking forward to what's widely expected to be approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on Tuesday while acknowledging the decision by Ottawa won't solve all problems. CEO Clayton Byrt of Pimee Well Servicing LP, a service rig company owned by six northern Alberta First Nations, says approval of the pipeline is a "big deal" because it will encourage investment by the oilsands producers he counts [Read more]
Trans Mountain pipeline expansion: Five things to know about the project
OTTAWA - The federal cabinet's long-awaited decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is due Tuesday. Here are five things to know about the project. 1. What is it? There is an existing, 1,150-km pipeline carrying crude and refined oil products from Alberta's oilsands to a terminal in Burnaby, B.C. It transports about 300,000 barrels of oil a day, with refined products including gasoline, diesel and jet fuel making up about 15 per cent of its flows and crude oil the [Read more]
Trans Mountain timeline: A look at key dates in the project’s history
OTTAWA - The federal cabinet's long-awaited decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is due Tuesday. Here are some other key dates in the history of the original project and Kinder Morgan Canada's controversial efforts to expand its capacity: October 1953: The Trans Mountain pipeline begins shipping oil with an initial capacity of 150,000 barrels per day. The project initially features four pump stations along its 1,150-kilometre route and a marine dock that connects loading [Read more]
Federal cabinet decision on fate of Trans Mountain pipeline due Tuesday
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's $4.5 billion gamble to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline in a bid to get it expanded will come to a head on Tuesday when the federal cabinet decides whether to sign off on the project for a second time. It has been more than 290 days since the Federal Court of Appeal ripped up the original approval and sent the government back to the drawing board to do a more fulsome consultation with Indigenous communities and take a harder look at the impact the project will [Read more]
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