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VIKING
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First published 2018
Copyright 2018 by Jacques Poitras
Lyrics from Canadian Railroad Trilogy by Gordon Lightfoot 1967 (Renewed) WB Music Corp.
Used by permission of Alfred Music.
Lyrics from The Last Spike by Michael Timmins. Copyright 1992 Paz Junk Music.
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Poitras, Jacques, 1968-, author
Pipe dreams : the fight for Canadas energy future / Jacques Poitras.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 9780735233355 (hardcover).ISBN 9780735233362 (electronic)
1. Petroleum industry and tradePolitical aspectsCanada. 2. Petroleum pipelinesPolitical aspectsCanada. 3. Petroleum pipelinesSocial aspectsCanada. 4. EnvironmentalismCanada. 5. Global warmingPolitical aspectsCanada. 6. Energy industriesCanadaForecasting. I. Title.
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From the beginning he had seen the railway as a device to unite the nationto tie the settled East to the new country beyond the Shield. Now in the very first year of its construction the railway had become a divisive force, antagonizing the very people it was supposed to link together.
Pierre Berton, The Last Spike
Nov. 10, 2011 | U.S. president Barack Obama calls Canadian Prime minister Stephen Harper to tell him that the Keystone XL approval process is on hold. |
Nov. 28, 2011 | Former New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna floats the idea of a westeast pipeline in an opinion article in the Financial Post. |
April 26, 2012 | The Harper government introduces the omnibus Bill C-38, which streamlines the pipeline approval process, imposes a two-year deadline for a decision, incorporates environmental assessment considerations into the National Energy Board process, and gives cabinet the power to overrule an NEB rejection. |
July 29, 2012 | British Columbia premier Christy Clark issues demands that Alberta must meet in order to win her approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline to the Pacific coast. |
Nov. 22, 2012 | Alberta premier Alison Redford and Quebec premier Pauline Marois discuss the westeast pipeline concept in Halifax. |
Dec. 19, 2012 | New Brunswicks legislature unanimously passes a motion supporting the westeast pipeline. |
Feb. 3, 2013 | New Brunswick premier David Alward travels to Alberta to promote the pipeline. |
June 67, 2013 | Alison Redford visits Fredericton and Saint John to promote the pipeline. |
June 18, 2013 | Arthur Irving visits Frank McKenna in Toronto to discuss his frustrations with the TransCanada negotiations. |
June 19, 2013 | Irving Oil CEO Paul Browning and TransCanada vice-president Alex Pourbaix make key compromises to reach a deal. |
July 6, 2013 | An oil train derails and explodes at Lac-Mgantic, Quebec, killing forty-seven people. |
Aug. 1, 2013 | TransCanada officially announces that it will apply to the National Energy Board for approval of Energy East. |
March 23, 2014 | Alison Redford resigns as premier of Alberta. |
April 7, 2014 | Philippe Couillard and the Quebec Liberal Party win a majority government. |
Sept. 22, 2014 | Brian Gallants Liberals win the New Brunswick election. |
Oct. 30, 2014 | TransCanada submits its Energy East application to the National Energy Board. |
Nov. 21, 2014 | Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne and Philippe Couillard announce that they agree on seven conditions for Energy East. |
Nov. 23, 2014 | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois donates the money from his Governor Generals Award for French-language non-fiction to Coule Pas Chez Nous. |
April 2, 2015 | TransCanada announces that it will not build an export terminal at the port of Gros-Cacouna. |
May 5, 2015 | Rachel Notleys NDP is elected in Alberta. |
Aug. 13, 2015 | The Ontario Energy Board concludes that there is an imbalance between the risks and rewards of the Energy East project. |
Oct. 19, 2015 | Justin Trudeaus Liberals win the federal election. |
Nov. 5, 2015 | TransCanada says that it will not build an export terminal anywhere in Quebec. |
Nov. 6, 2015 | President Barack Obama announces that he will not issue a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. |
Nov. 30 | |
Dec. 12, 2015 | The Paris summit on climate change agrees on a framework for global emissions. |
Dec. 17, 2015 | TransCanada files an amended Energy East application to the National Energy Board. |
Jan. 21, 2016 |
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