TransCanada CEO says Canada needs to resolve conflicts over pipelines – The Globe and Mail
Feb. 04 2015
Canada’s push to become a global resource powerhouse is at risk of failing unless government leaders take action to resolve the many conflicts holding up key projects, the head of the company behind the Keystone pipeline says.
TransCanada Corp. chief executive officer Russ Girling said Wednesday that Canada faces fundamental choices about the future of the country’s economy, including questions around aboriginal relations, resource extraction and pipeline development.
Those issues have pitted industry against opponents, transforming once-staid pipeline hearings into a forum for oil sands critics. Meanwhile, infrastructure projects are shouldering long-standing aboriginal grievances with the federal government, Mr. Girling said in a meeting with The Globe and Mail’s editorial board.
“We’ve got to quit the little bickering that goes on between us and get to the bigger picture and let the institutions that we charge with managing the public good get on with doing their job,” he said.
