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Pros And Cons Of The Energy East Pipeline

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The Energy East Pipeline is a 4,600 km pipeline that will transport crude oil from Alberta to New Brunswick. The project is in place from TransCanada which is a Canadian company that builds oil pipelines. This essay will explain the benefits and negative effects that can occur if Canada goes through with the installation of the pipeline across Canada. It will also discuss how all three levels of the government influence the subject and who ones to make the final approval is. Currently, the energy east pipeline is still being discussed because there are people who are against the installation of the pipeline and who are fighting to stop this from happenings because they are afraid of what the risks can cause. By creating the Energy Pipeline, …show more content…

“The Constitution Act of 1867 stipulates that the environment is a shared responsibility of provincial and federal governments.” (CBC News, 2016) The government is allowed to express their opinions on the construction of the Energy Pipeline because they are concerned about the environment. To date, our prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau has not given an opinion if he is for or if he is against the Energy East Pipeline. He has stated that the decision should be left up to the regulators to do their job. "It's important we have confidence in our regulators," he said. "We are going to allow them to do their job without political interference." (Graveland, 2016) Both sides for and against are looking for support from our Federal Government, but they have not expressed their …show more content…

This documents includes over 30,000 pages. They must receive approval from the regulator in order to start their Pipeline project. “Federal Regulation Interprovincial pipelines are federally regulated and fall under the jurisdiction of Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB). Specific areas of NEB oversight include: Construction and operation of interprovincial and international pipelines and power lines Pipeline traffic, tolls and tariffs Export/import of natural gas Export of oil and electricity Frontier oil and gas activities Approvals To obtain approval for the Energy East Pipeline TransCanada must apply to the NEB for: Sale of pipeline assets from Canadian Mainline to Energy East Conversion of gas pipeline to oil service Construction of new oil pipeline facilities Certificate to own and operate new and converted facilities Approval of tariff and tolling methodology”. (TransCanada,

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