An agreement to have Mexico join a NAFTA clause governing oil exports may be one of the first significant products of the renegotiation talks this weekend in Ottawa.
Canada's largest pipeline company, Enbridge, has suspended work on an expansion project in the Rocky Mountain foothills of northeastern British Columbia over safety issues flagged by an inspection.
"The times of oil companies asking the public to trust them are over," said one Washington State oil spill response official in documents obtained by National Observer.
Canada's embattled National Energy Board was rebuked by the Supreme Court of Canada over its consultation with Indigenous people on an energy project in the Arctic.
Corporate donors spent thousands of dollars in cash to wine, dine and hear a speech from Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall at an exclusive party fundraising dinner this week.
Enbridge CEO Al Monaco said the company would add the information to its corporate social responsibility reporting as part of the company's efforts to be more transparent.
Transport Canada has been secretive and evasive about closed-door meetings where Indigenous partners in the Northern Gateway pipeline asked for 'accommodation' if the project fell through.