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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
I'd say I'm pretty damn close to the middle on this issue, though I am absolutely in favour of this pipeline. I am also in favour of holding it, and other projects (especially of this scope) to far more rigid standards than we have in the past. If meeting these standards threatens the viability of the project, then I'd have concerns about the viability of the project to begin with.
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What particular standard would you like to see more rigid?
Timelines and regulatory uncertainty is what is killing these projects not rigid standards. If you have pipeline companies a list of things to do they would take that list implement and build their pipeline knowing it’s cheaper and safer than rail. It really almost doesn’t matter how ridiculous that list is given the cost difference between rail and pipeline. All the increased requirements end up doing is coming out of Royalties paid to the province (much more complicated but reasonably close).