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Canada’s pipeline watchdog changed its tune on the causes of a high-profile pipeline rupture after a parts manufacturer hired National, a prominent public relations firm.
Canada’s pipeline watchdog has given two of North America’s largest energy companies up to six months to fix what industry insiders have described as a series of “ticking time bombs.”
On the same day that President Barack Obama rejected TransCanada Corp’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline, a Canadian crown corporation threw the Calgary-based energy company a financial lifeline.
TransCanada has known for about two years that its initial plan to install the Energy East pipeline through the Ottawa River was flawed, based on an independent engineering report.
The final audit report hid the existence of secret Enbridge environmental reports and deleted paragraphs suggesting the pipeline operator would have trouble preventing leaks on aging infrastructure.
After fining a Canadian bank $1.1 million, a financial spy agency is now pursuing a number of other large businesses in court for for sloppy oversight or failures to report suspicious activities.