daveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Can Christy Clark and Alison Redford find common ground on the Northern Gateway Pipeline?

TweetBritish Columbia Premier Christy Clark sent Alberta Premier Alison Redford an email yesterday asking if they could meet in Calgary next weekend. While they appear to be cut from similar ideological cloth, the two conservative Premiers have clashed in the media over the construction of the controversial Enbridge Northern Gateway

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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Kinder Morgan Hurls Pipeline Revenue Hot Potato Back To Alberta, Federal Government

B.C. Premier Christy Clark has lain down five conditions for having any new “heavy oil” pipeline traverse provincial territory.  These are: …successful completion of the environmental-review process; world-leading marine and land oil-spill response, prevention and recovery systems for B.C.’s coastline and ocean to manage and mitigate the risks and costs

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Accidental Deliberations: New column day

Here, on how the Gateway pipeline serves as a prime example as to why governments shouldn’t be too quick to minimize environmental assessment processes. For further reading…– Robyn Allan’s latest discussion of the Gateway pipeline is here.– Kevin Logan documents Christy Clark’s position prior to her latest desperate call for

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