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It was January 2015 and three of the highest-ranking officials at Canada’s national pipeline regulator were working on a communications plan to woo Quebecers by using the popular mayor of Montreal.
A controversial U.S. consulting firm assigned to complete water quality tests. A First Nation whose waters are covered in oil. Husky has dismissed all of it.
A lawyer who challenged two federal officials to recuse themselves from a review of a major Canadian pipeline project for showing bias is pleased that the NEB is entertaining his motion.
In a new letter sent on Tuesday, the NEB said it would proceed with the hearings in Montreal, but would only allow people to submit comments in writing about explosive allegations of bias.
A new legal challenge raises questions about whether Gauthier used a personal email account to conduct official business of the NEB. The challenge could disrupt the ongoing review of Energy East.
Three dozen environmental groups from across Canada are calling on the government to suspend federal hearings into the Energy East pipeline and launch a public inquiry into the NEB's private meetings.
The letter makes seven demands that could shake up senior management at the NEB while suspending federal hearings that formally got under way this week on the Energy East pipeline.