From: brewnoser2@gmail.com   
      
       
   The other provinces in Canada don't exist for the sole purpose of   
   accommodating Alberta's demands for oil product access.  They have a right to   
   restrict whatever-the-hell they want to restrict from their lands.   
      
   No province has paid a higher price for allowing oil to be transported through   
   its territory than has Quebec. Want a refinery?  Put it next to Calgary.   
      
   Mayor Nenshi is going to have to come to terms with the fact that the Harper   
   government is gone - and won't be paving roads and access for the damnable   
   resource we know as dirty oil.  And he might also want to come to terms with   
   the fact that 'the rest    
   of Canada' is done subsidizing their dirty oil.   
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   CTVNews.ca -  Thursday, January 21, 2016   
      
   Nenshi slams Montreal mayor for opposition to Energy East pipeline   
      
      
   Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi has joined a growing number of politicians   
   slamming Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre after he vowed Thursday to fight the   
   Energy East pipeline project, which would carry bitumen from the Alberta   
   oilsands to a refinery in New    
   Brunswick.   
      
   Coderre said the Montreal Metropolitan Community, which represents 82   
   municipalities, decided unanimously to fight the project because the economic   
   benefits for Quebec would be small compared to the possible clean-up costs of   
   a spill.   
      
   "At the end of the day, it's all about our territory," he said.   
      
   Nenshi told CTV's Power Play that Coderre is simply wrong about a project,   
   which he says has economic, safety and environmental benefits.   
      
   "This is a pipeline that already goes to Montreal," Nenshi said.  This is a   
   project to modernize it, to bring it up to even better standards."   
      
   Nenshi said the alternative is to ship more oil by rail, "and Quebec knows the   
   dangers of oil by rail, tragically," referring to the 2013 Lac-Megantic rail   
   disaster that killed 47 people.   
      
   Nenshi also pointed out that Energy East is preferable because "when you fill   
   up your tank, that's not Canadian energy filling up your tank because of the   
   lack of pipeline capacity."   
      
   "That's oil that comes from Saudi Arabia or Venezuela.  It comes by   
   freighter.  The freighter has come up the St. Lawrence Seaway," he said,   
   referring to the shipping route that passes by Montreal.   
      
   The pipeline is supported by all three Alberta party leaders: NDP Premier   
   Rachel Notley, PC Party interim leader Ric McIver and Wildrose Leader Brian   
   Jean, who was particularly angry Thursday.   
      
   "While Mr. Coderre dumps a billion litres of raw sewage directly into his   
   waterways and benefits from billions in equalization payments, his opposition   
   to the Energy East pipeline is nothing short of hypocritical," Jean said,   
   according to a statement.   
      
   "Montreal buys millions of barrels of foreign oil from dictatorships, but it   
   is rejecting oil from their friends in Confederation. It's disgraceful!"   
   Jean's statement went on.   
      
   Jean said the project "will benefit all of Canada and will improve our GDP by   
   $55 billion."   
      
   Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall called it a "sad day for our country," and made   
   similar arguments about the safety of the project and Quebec's willingness to   
   spite western provinces.   
      
   "The constituents of Quebec municipalities will benefit to the tune of $10   
   billion in equalization payments this year," Wall wrote on his Facebook wall.    
   "For the better part of the last decade the western Canadian energy sector and   
   western Canadian    
   taxpayers have supported a great portion of these transfer payments as well as   
   the Canadian economy."   
      
   "Is it too much to expect that these Quebec municipal leaders would respond to   
   this reality with generous support for a pipeline that supports the very   
   sector that has supported them?"  Wall went on.   
      
   Conservative interim leader Rona Ambrose told reporters in Winnipeg Wednesday   
   that she wants Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and Liberal Ontario Premier   
   Kathleen Wynne to speak out in favour of the project, which would also run   
   through Ontario.   
      
   "(Trudeau) seems to have a lot of influence with Kathleen Wynne and she is,   
   right now, one of the hold-ups on the Energy East pipeline," Ambrose said.    
   "So can he use his influence to please help us with Energy East?"   
      
   Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has not said whether he supports Energy East,   
   insisting that a better environmental review process is needed before he can   
   commit to pipeline projects.   
      
   However, the Liberal party's campaign co-chair Dan Gagnier stepped down late   
   in last year's election campaign after it was revealed he was advising   
   TransCanada on how to lobby the new government on Energy East.   
      
   A spokesperson from Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr said Thursday that   
   "the Government of Canada welcomes the views of municipal leaders regarding   
   the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and the National Energy Board   
   pipeline hearing process."   
      
   The minister's office added that, "the government recognizes the importance of   
   new infrastructure development but has also been clear that any development   
   must occur in an environmentally sustainable manner."   
      
   "We are committed to restoring credibility to environmental assessments and   
   the NEB; ensuring decisions are based on science, facts and evidence and work   
   in partnership and consultation with Indigenous Peoples," the statement went   
   on.   
      
   TransCanada spokesman Jonathan Abecass said the company "will continue to   
   listen to other elected leaders in Quebec and stakeholders across the province   
   as we take their concerns and input seriously."   
      
   TransCanada filed an amended application to the National Energy Board in   
   December that included some 700 changes to deal with environmental concerns.   
      
   It also said it wouldn't build an oil export terminal in Quebec, after hearing   
   widespread opposition to that part of the proposal.   
      
   The proposed pipeline would carry up to 1.1 million barrels of oil per day   
   from Alberta to the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, N.B., using an existing   
   pipeline to Montreal and a new pipeline east from there.   
      
   The Quebec government has not come out against the project, but has urged the   
   company to demonstrate economic benefits for the province.   
      
   Greenpeace is among the environmental groups applauding Coderre's announcement.   
      
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