Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin told MPs that buy-in from B.C. and First Nations are key factors in a potential pipeline deal, when asked to give her position on the idea of building a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
Dabrusin appeared before the House of Commons environment committee on Dec. 1 and was pressed repeatedly on the matter by Bloc Québécois MP Patrick Bonin. The Bloc is critical of oil sands projects and is opposed to the building of new pipelines, whether in Quebec or Alberta.
“It’s not for me to decide,” Dabrusin said when asked by MP Bonin to answer a “yes or no” question on whether she backs the pipeline project….