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“We are very involved,” Bell said Wednesday. “We are an intervenor.” Bell explained that there are three opporProvincial NDP leader Adrian Dix is call- tunities for the province to make a subing on Premier Christy Clark to get off mission to the Joint Review Panel and the the fence regarding the proposed Northern province has chosen the last option, which a allows it to cross-examine eviGateway pipeline project. d dence presented. Citing U.S. National Trans-“Dix’s comments are inacportation Safety Board findings,, c curate or show a lack of underreleased Tuesday on the Kalam-st standing of the process,” Bell azoo pipeline rupture and spill,, s said. “We know that there Dix said the B.C. Liberal gov-a enormous risks to B.C. … are d ernment should have presented T There’s a limited benefit. We to the joint review panel on thee w want to understand what that risks of the project. lo looks like (stating whether the “I don’t understand why thee p province supports the project premier would say we take alll o not).” or the risks, but won’t say whatt The U.S. report stated that those risks are,” Dix said in a Adrian Dix -NDP Leader stringent environmental reguconference call with reporters lations are needed regarding Tuesday. pipelines. Dix said the federal The U.S. report, he added, was “devastating” for Enbridge. Dix suggested Conservatives and the provincial Liberals Enbridge’s internal warning systems either have gone the other way and are easing didn’t work or were ignored. The pipeline environmental restrictions. “This report says clearly that is not the leaked for 17 hours before Enbridge officials moved to stop it, and that was only after an way to go,” Dix said. “… The government outside agency alerted them to the leak that shouldn’t hoard all the evidence it has.” Dix said it is in the province’s interests, the oil flow was halted to the pipe. “It raises some serious concerns for us economically and environmentally, to know here in British Columbia,” Dix said. “The what the risks of the project are. Dix’s stategovernment has simply been absent without ment comes a day after an Angus Reid poll puts NDP support at 45 per cent in the leave on this issue.” The provincial government has intervenor province. So what would an NDP governstatus at the joint review panel, however ment do? “The position of B.C. would change the chose not to make a submission prior to the January, 2012 deadline. Dix said it has the day after the election,” he said. Bell said the U.S. report “shows why it’s “evidence” of provincial ministries as to the impact of the pipeline on the province, eco- important to wait,” and blasted B.C. Consernomically and environmentally, and chose vative Party leader John Cummins who has not to present it to the panel, as has the supported the pipeline. “If B.C. were to accept (the pipeline) there government of Alberta and several commuwould have to be even greater benefit,” Bell nities along the pipeline route. Prince George-Mackenzie MLA Pat Bell said. “We not saying we support it (or not), we’re saying we need to understand it.” says that simply is not the case. editor@pgfreepress.com
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