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What is the planned use of the proceeds from the completed pipeline?
What is the planned use of the proceeds from the completed pipeline?
- To fund further fossil fuel exploration
- To support Indigenous communities directly
- To pay off the national debt
- To reinvest in Canada's clean energy transition (correct)
What was a major criticism of the NEB's initial assessment of the pipeline project?
What was a major criticism of the NEB's initial assessment of the pipeline project?
- It did not consider the economic benefits
- It was too long and detailed
- It underestimated the environmental impact
- It did not consult properly with Indigenous communities (correct)
What was the outcome of the court of appeals' review of the NEB's assessment?
What was the outcome of the court of appeals' review of the NEB's assessment?
- The court delayed the project indefinitely
- The court upheld the NEB's approval
- The court sent the assessment back to the NEB
- The court overturned the NEB's approval (correct)
What was a key function of the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada?
What was a key function of the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada?
What was a limitation of the NEB's impact assessment, according to the court of appeals?
What was a limitation of the NEB's impact assessment, according to the court of appeals?
Why did the federal government purchase the pipeline?
Why did the federal government purchase the pipeline?
What is the main objective of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion?
What is the main objective of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion?
Which federal regulator reviewed the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project before it went underway?
Which federal regulator reviewed the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project before it went underway?
What were some of the conditions that the NEB imposed on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project?
What were some of the conditions that the NEB imposed on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project?
Which political parties in British Columbia opposed the Kinder-Morgan pipeline?
Which political parties in British Columbia opposed the Kinder-Morgan pipeline?
What was the result of the political pressure built on the owners of the Kinder-Morgan pipeline?
What was the result of the political pressure built on the owners of the Kinder-Morgan pipeline?
Why did the federal government take over the Trans Mountain pipeline?
Why did the federal government take over the Trans Mountain pipeline?
