Should Enbridge's proposed Alberta-B.C. oil pipeline go ahead?

Click directly on map for larger image. It shows the territories of the various First Nations along the pipeline route.

Should Enbridge's proposed Alberta-B.C. oil pipeline go ahead?

December 1, 2011

First Nations leaders from British Columbia are scheduled to make an announcement Thursday about a proposed pipeline that would take Alberta oil to the northern coast of B.C.

Enbridge has proposed building the $5.5-billion Northern Gateway pipeline from Bruderheim, Alta., near Edmonton, to Kitimat, B.C., a coastal city with a deep-water port that could accommodate oil tankers transporting oilsands bitumen to Asian markets.

"Northern Gateway will link two of Canada's most important competitive strengths: our tremendous petroleum reserves and our Pacific advantage -- safe deepwater ports that are close to the growing markets of the Pacific Rim," said Janet Holder, Enbridge's executive vice-president of Western access, in August.

Environmentalists say the proposed route would take the pipeline through northern B.C. rivers and sensitive habitat.

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