UPDATE 1-Canadian PM reiterates opposition to Enbridge pipeline route

Published 2016-07-05, 12:25 p/m
UPDATE 1-Canadian PM reiterates opposition to Enbridge pipeline route
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By Allison Lampert
MONTREAL, July 5 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau on Tuesday reiterated his opposition to the route of
Enbridge Inc's ENB.TO Northern Gateway oil pipeline, casting
further doubt on the prospects of a project fiercely opposed by
environmentalists.
Canada's former Conservative government had approved
Northern Gateway, which would carry oil from the Alberta oil
sands to a port in British Columbia for export.
But Trudeau, elected last year, has said he opposed the
pipeline. His Liberal government has promised a moratorium on
oil tanker traffic along the coast of northern British Columbia,
a policy seen making the pipeline unfeasible.
"On the Northern Gateway pipeline, I've said many times, the
Great Bear Rainforest is no place for a crude oil pipeline," he
told reporters in Montreal on Tuesday.
His comments come after a Canadian court last month
overturned federal approval of the project, sending it back to
Trudeau's cabinet to reconsider.
After the court decision, Calgary-based Enbridge had said
that it remained "fully committed" to building the pipeline and
that it was working with partners to determine the next steps.

(Writing by Jeffrey Hodgson; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Phil
Berlowitz)

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