The federal panel looking at ways to update the National Energy Board (NEB) faces a task as onerous as evaluating any of the contentious pipeline projects that go before Canada’s energy regulator.
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr appointed the team of independent experts in 2016 to fulfil a Liberal campaign promise to scrutinize the country’s environmental laws and resource-development oversight. Its five members are visiting 10 cities between January and the end of March to hear about issues such as environmental assessment, ways to improve participation of the public and indigenous peoples in regulatory reviews and emergency response.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the panel stopped in Edmonton.
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Edmonton Journal Editorial Board – March 9, 2017.
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