Government pushed for full pipeline review

The Confederacy of Treaty 6 is among 50 plus organizations pushing the auditor general to launch a wide-ranging probe into the state of Alberta’s pipelines. The call comes following the release of results of what the government is claiming to have been a “comprehensive third-party review,” which concluded that Alberta is a leader in establishing best practices to manage the industry appropriately.

The review includes 17 recommendations. Joining the First Nations as part of the coalition are environmental, labour, and landowner groups. The group says the  report recently released by Energy Minister Ken Hughes was a “failure” because it only studied the province’s regulation of the pipeline industry and did not look into recent oil spills or the enforcement of existing rules governing more than 400,000 km of pipeline running throughout Alberta.