Natural Resources Canada said today that it has appointing four temporary members to be assigned to the Energy East review panel. Earlier this year, the government ministry said that National Energy Board hearings in Montreal on the pipeline were cancelled in August after protesters swept into the meeting room. The second day of hearings, scheduled for the following day were also postponed, and no new date has been set. “This decision was made in light of a violent disruption in the hearing room this morning which threatened the security of everyone involved in the panel session,” the NEB said in a statement. “All three Panel Members have decided to recuse themselves in order to preserve the integrity of the National Energy Board and of the Energy East and Eastern Mainline Review,” says the NEB statement. “The Members acted in good faith, and have pledged not to discuss these two applications with either other Board members or Board staff.”
Staff- Bay Today – October 21, 2016.