Public needs to know pipelines are the best way to go

The correct government policy response to this issue is to reduce legal and regulatory uncertainty surrounding pipeline projects and for the federal government to assert its authority over interprovincial pipelines.

Just recently, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced the province will spend $3.7-billion to move landlocked Alberta oil to market by rail. Alberta intends to move about 120,000 barrels of oil per day by rail by 2020 through agreements with Canada’s two major railways, Canadian Pacific and Canadian National.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JOSEPH QUESNEL

February 25, 2019

The issue of increased pipeline capacity is front and centre on Parliament Hill as protesters with a truck convoy originating from the West converged on Ottawa last week to push legislators to end delays on critical pipeline projects.

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