EXCLUSIVE| Trudeau government names Trans Mountain environmental review panel
The federal government has announced the first of its promised additional environmental reviews of two pipeline projects that are already before the National Energy Board.
The new, three-member panel will look into the proposed expansion of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Pipelines.
The company wants to add a second pipeline alongside the original that was built in 1953 to carry oil from Edmonton to Burnaby. If approved, the twin lines would carry nearly 900,000 barrels of crude a day starting in 2018.
The members announced by Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr Tuesday are:
Annette Trimbee, the president of the University of Winnipeg and a former deputy finance minister in Alberta. She served on Alberta Premier Rachel Notley's royalty review panel last year.
Tony Penikett, the former premier of Yukon and the author of Reconciliation: First Nations Treaty Making in British Columbia.
Kim Baird, former elected chief of B.C.'s Tsawwassen First Nation, who now runs her own consulting firm specializing in indigenous policy, governance and development issues.
All three have extensive experience in issues the panel is supposed to address: to consider the views of communities along the route; to "meaningfully consult" indigenous peoples and, where appropriate, to accommodate their rights and interests; and to assess not just the direct emissions from the pipeline, but the so-called upstream pollution from the oil fields.
Trudeau government names Trans Mountain environmental review panel - Politics - CBC News
The federal government has announced the first of its promised additional environmental reviews of two pipeline projects that are already before the National Energy Board.
The new, three-member panel will look into the proposed expansion of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Pipelines.
The company wants to add a second pipeline alongside the original that was built in 1953 to carry oil from Edmonton to Burnaby. If approved, the twin lines would carry nearly 900,000 barrels of crude a day starting in 2018.
The members announced by Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr Tuesday are:
Annette Trimbee, the president of the University of Winnipeg and a former deputy finance minister in Alberta. She served on Alberta Premier Rachel Notley's royalty review panel last year.
Tony Penikett, the former premier of Yukon and the author of Reconciliation: First Nations Treaty Making in British Columbia.
Kim Baird, former elected chief of B.C.'s Tsawwassen First Nation, who now runs her own consulting firm specializing in indigenous policy, governance and development issues.
All three have extensive experience in issues the panel is supposed to address: to consider the views of communities along the route; to "meaningfully consult" indigenous peoples and, where appropriate, to accommodate their rights and interests; and to assess not just the direct emissions from the pipeline, but the so-called upstream pollution from the oil fields.
Trudeau government names Trans Mountain environmental review panel - Politics - CBC News