Executives from the biggest oilsands companies in Canada say concerns about getting their products to market are starting to ease in the wake of the regulatory approval of Enbridge Inc.’s $9-billion Line 3 pipeline replacement project. Read more about it here.
Keep Canada Working!
The B.C. government is putting the Canadian economy and environment at risk. We need you to take action. Please take the time to sign the petition located here.
Is Energy East dead?
CAPP’s Canada’s Energy Citizens organization has written on how the Energy East Pipeline would benefit all of Canada. You can read the article here.
As has been proven time and time again, we have the power to be heard and affect change at the highest decision-making levels. If you believe that Energy East remains a powerful and positive force for economic prosperity, click this link to send a letter to your MP at asking them to support this important pipeline project and the prosperity for middle-class Canadians it will bring.
Help Shape The Energy East Pipeline Hearing
The National Energy Board wants your input on the design of the Energy East Pipeline hearing process and expanded engagement activities. Complete a short survey on the NEB Energy East web page here. A team of four Board Members, who are independent from the Hearing Panel, will gather the comments into a report.
Donald Trump approves TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline
The fight to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline will move from Washington D.C. to Nebraska after U.S. President Donald Trump approved the controversial and long-delayed project on Friday. Read more about it here.
Federal help for Alberta’s orphan oil wells may be on the way
Alberta may receive federal aid to help clean up the rising number of oil wells whose owners have gone bankrupt. Read more here.
Hope for the Keystone pipeline!
U.S. President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Tuesday to move forward with construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Read more about the story here.
Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman buys a full page ad in the Vancouver Sun
On November 30 Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman bought a full page ad in the Vancouver Sun because the paper refused to print her letter to the editor in support of the B.C oil and gas industry. You can read the ad in its entirety here.
Oil Respect
The most signed e-petition ever presented in the House of Commons, since the practice began in 2013, calls on the federal government to champion the oil and gas industry.
Ms. Shannon Stubbs, Member of Parliament for Lakeland (Alberta), officially presented an e-petition in the House of Commons calling upon the federal government to vocally support the oil and gas industry, new pipelines across Canada, and hundreds of thousands of employed and unemployed oil workers. The petition was signed by 34,537 Canadians from across the country and represents one of the highest signed House of Commons e-petitions in history.
Visit the following Oil Respect links for more information and to sign new petitions as they are started.