Here’s how the stakeholders have reacted to the government’s new rules for pipeline projects:
Burnaby South MP Kennedy Stewart, from Ottawa, following a government briefing on the changes
“You can’t believe how scrambly it is here. They’re so panicked. They rushed this thing through. … The Liberals have adopted Harper’s process. They’re following it to the letter. If I was somebody living in Burnaby going to be affected by this, I would feel betrayed, I would feel lied to from what was said in the election to what was said today.”
Ian Anderson, president and CEO of Kinder Morgan Canada
“While we have concerns about how this delay could impact the project schedule, we support the principle that public confidence in the review process is crucial and look forward to working with the Government of Canada on how our years of work in the area of consultation will be considered.”
Terry Beech, MP for Burnaby North-Seymour
“First of all this is a new process. This is a revised process. In order to do a full revision of the National Energy Board process, that’s going to take significant more time. We have to remember there are a large number of community groups that have spent money and thousands of hours preparing their presentations, right?
“This allows us to both take that into account as well as going to collect new information to deliver closure on a timely basis both to the proponent but also to the communities.” (Read the full interview.)
New Westminster-Burnaby MP Peter Julian
“They’re tacking on a few things that may sound nice, but they have no connection to the actual process. … They did climb down from their commitments during the election campaign that these projects should be subject to a thorough and credible process – it’s not happening.”
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan
"I’m disappointed. It’s far less than I hoped for. It didn’t meet what (Prime Minister Justin Trudeau) said during the campaign. ... What we’ve got now is a delay for six months, but in essence, he's only continued to support the arrogance of the NEB by, in essence, endorsing them, as has his minister. I think Trudeau is going to find very quickly the bloom is of the rose."
