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.
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.
Two energy companies both say they responded "immediately" to a pipeline leak, but 200,000 litres of oil condensate then spilled into an excavation pit near Edmonton, Alberta.
Carr agreed that he saw his role as a cheerleader for the projects now that they have been approved, saying the decisions spoke volumes about the government’s view of their necessity.
"You can either be serious about climate change, or you can expand the tarsands. But you cannot do both," says the president of the National Union of Postal Workers.