The premiers of Nova Scotia and Alberta are asking Ottawa to green-light the long-stalled Energy East oil pipeline project, saying its a tool in the country’s arsenal to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats.
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said Trump’s vow to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods has created the necessary “urgency” for Canada to take advantage of its natural resources through initiatives like Energy East.
The 4,600-kilometre pipeline was first proposed in 2013. It was intended to convey crude oil from Alberta through six provinces to an export terminal situated in Saint John, N.B. The project was cancelled by TC Energy in 2017 amid a decline in global oil prices since 2014 and at a time when the National Energy Board expanded the scope of the environmental review….