Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Project: Federal Government

Alberta Dept: OTTAWA - The federal government added pressure Friday to a politically-charged debate over the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project across British Columbia and Alberta as it announced an environmental assessment of the project must be completed in the next 16 months, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The new deadline is required to comply with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and the Harper government's omnibus budget legislation passed earlier this year and the Douglas Channel, the proposed termination point for an oil pipeline from Alberta is seen at sunset in Kitimat, B.C., on Jan. 9, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck In a letter to the joint review panel examining the $6-billion proposal, Environment Minister Peter Kent and National Energy Board chairman Gaetan Caron set a deadline of Dec. 31, 2013 for the report. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.