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Cullen says Tories changing rules on Enbridge hearings Retroactively ap- to approve. Flaherty nounced yesterday. plying new, tighter confirmed the changes “We’ve been heardeadlines include the ing from stunned confor envip r o p o s e d stituents all day who ronmental E n b r i d g e cannot believe the arassessdual pipe- rogance of this govm e n t s line that ernment and the utter to the w o u l d disregard it has for a Northern t r a n s p o r t full examination of Gateway raw bitu- the huge environmenproject men and tal impacts and risks “entirely c o n d e n - of the Enbridge pipechanges sate be- line,” Cullen said. the rules tween the He noted the comNathan Cullen of the A l b e r t a ments of Grand Chief game” and - NDP M.P. o i l s a n d s Stewart Phillip of the lays an aland Asian Union of B.C. Indian ready heated process markets. Chiefs earlier today, wide open to costly, It’s unclear warning of time-consuming court what the new “battle in the cases, says MP Nathan rules mean courtrooms Cullen. for the Joint and on the “I’ve never heard of Review Panel land itself” a government chang- looking at if Consering everything half- the Northern vatives folway through,” Cullen Gateway proj- I’ve never low through said in a press release. ect, however heard of a on plans to “They’re rigging the some have government speed up the entire process and suggested it changing environmenthey’re not ashamed could mean everything tal review of it.” the hearings halfway process for Finance Minis- will wrap up through. Enbridge. They’re rigter Jim Flaherty an- this year. Cullen nounced, in last C u l l e n ging the called the week’s budget, that pointed to the entire pronew tighter major resource proj- w i d e s p r e a d cess and environects will receive only outrage that they’re not mental asone “streamlined” has erupted ashamed of sessment environmental assess- in British Co- it.” deadlines - Nathan Cullen “a ment review lasting no lumbia since rubber longer than 24 months. changes to stamp that is Currently, major re- the Enbridge not good for source projects can environmental assess- business or the envitake as long six years ment process were an- ronment.”
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