Canada Restarts Approval Process for Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline
- Energy minister announces regulatory review of marine impact
- Trudeau sees silver lining to ‘frustrating’ court ruling
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Canada has restarted efforts to build the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion after a court quashed its permits.
Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi announced Friday the country’s National Energy Board will have 22 weeks to re-examine the project with added consideration of its marine impact, in an apparent bid to rectify one of the shortcomings identified by the court ruling last month. The government will instruct the NEB to consider marine traffic, appoint a special marine technical adviser to the regulator and submit information on whale protection, Sohi said.