OTTAWA ? Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday that while he thinks new pipeline projects are a good idea in principle, individual proposals will undergo ?rigorous? review.
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?I think the reality of anybody who looks at the business (is) that the absolute safest way to transport energy products is through pipelines. That?s the safest way you can go,? the prime minister told a news conference in Quebec City. He was responding to concerns about a new east-west pipeline announced earlier this week.
But the prime minister said while he thinks such pipeline projects are a good idea in principle, because they benefit regions across Canada and enhance the country?s energy security, they are subject to ?rigorous independent analysis.
?In terms of addressing specific concerns, there is a process that will do that, and the government will ensure that all recommendations from that process are followed,? he said.
Harper?s remarks came a day after Calgary-based TransCanada said it plans to move ahead with its Energy East pipeline project. The project will expand an existing pipeline network to enter Quebec and end in New Brunswick.
They also come at a time of heightened sensitivity about the transportation of crude oil after the Lac-Megantic disaster, in which an unmanned runaway train exploded and devastated the eastern Quebec town.
For new energy projects, Harper said the government acts on the independent evaluations that look at environmental and economic effects, ?particularly on independent scientific evaluations.?
?But obviously we think it is a good idea in principle in terms of selling our energy products,? he said. ?We have massive energy resources in this country,? he said. ?It?s important that Canadians all across the country benefit, and it?s important that we enhance our own energy security?
Harper was in Quebec City with Heritage Minister Shelly Glover, new Quebec lieutenant Denis Lebel and Quebec City Mayor R?gis Labeaume to announce that the city?s Gilmour Hill, near the Plains of Abraham, will now be open to traffic year-round instead of closing for the winter months.
Harper said that job-creation is his government?s top priority and that pipeline projects can help in that area.
With a file from Canadian Press
Source: http://business.financialpost.com/2013/08/02/harper-pipelines-energy-east/
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