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Fri Oct 10 08:27:40 EDT 2014

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From: Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu at rogers.com>
To: "McCarthy, Shawn" <SMcCarthy at globeandmail.com> 
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: I stopped Enbridge Line 9

Here is my number 519-885-7619 (home phone). 

I work from 2 til 9 most workdays. If there is a specific time you'd like to call let me know by email and I'll make sure I'm home for you. 

The truth is, any citizen could have raised concerns like this. After the first Line 9 hearing the NEB mandated folks fill out a 10 page application process and some speakers were denied the right to participate because they were "not directly affected" or they lacked "expertise".   If that happened to me and this sort of issue slipped by unnoticed, imagine the kind of disaster we could have if a pipe breaks in a river.  

If someone sees a risk, it should not matter where where they live or what their do for a living. Should not matter if they are an expert or not, if a risk is identified, and it is a reasonable concern it should be addressed. The fact a person lives away from the pipe is absolutely irrelevant. The fact I serve coffee for a living is irrelevant. What is relevant is that Enbridge didn't look at the placement of their own valves. Doesn't matter who raises that concern. They need to deal with it. It's common sense. 

Just because it was a little boy who said the emperor has no clothes does not negate the fact the guy was butt naked. We need to protect the right of all people to speak truth to prevent risks. 

Louisette Lanteigne
700 Star Flower Ave.
Waterloo Ont.
N2V 2L2

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 From: "McCarthy, Shawn" <SMcCarthy at globeandmail.com>
To: "butterflybluelu at rogers.com" <butterflybluelu at rogers.com> 
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: I stopped Enbridge Line 9

Well congratulations, Louisette.
I'm tied up today with another story, on Energy East. But I'll look through your documents and get back in touch next week. Will you send me your phone number?
Regards,
Shawn

Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.

From: Louisette Lanteigne
Sent: Thursday, October 9, 2014 11:50 PM
To: McCarthy, Shawn
Reply To: Louisette Lanteigne
Subject: I stopped Enbridge Line 9 

Hi Mr. McCarthy

My name is Louisette Lanteigne. I'm a mother of three in Waterloo Ontario. I work at a cafe and I'm the NEB delegate who stopped Enbridge Line 9.

I was a delegate at the first hearing in London Ontario. After that process, I got curious about where the valves were placed if they reversed flow so I wrote emails to Enbridge's solicitors for answers. They were used as evidence during the NEB hearing so it's all public record now. See attachments. I also include my affidavit for your reference.

Currently the valves are approx. 12 miles apart with one valve close to the river on the East side of each river to allow for an East to West oil flow. If the line is reversed, the nearest valves are all on the wrong side of the river. Enbridge's Environmental Assessment was limited to the area of their pumping station so it totally negated to review the placement of these valves.  Even if there is one valve on the correct side of the river, if the pipe ruptures it could still leak out 12 km of fluids with all existing valves closed. This is why we need 2 valves by rivers to stop the flow. 

The Navigable Water's Act mandates that protected water bodies have a valve but the revised law removed protection and negated the need for the valves so I went to the NEB to secure that they will be placed in major rivers and flood risk areas regardless and the NEB agree with me. The mandated that two valves "shall" be placed. This is not permissive. It is a condition of approval. They have to do it. 

I found the NEB letter to Enbridge on the NEB's website and when I learned it was my issue that stopped the oil flow, I laughed at first because it seemed ridiculous at first. I've never in my wildest dreams thought that I would be the one to stop a pipeline from flowing. The document was so specific to the fact it was my issue that killed it. Then I started crying and then I was really upset. I threw up. I stopped that pipe and it scares the hell out of me that it took a mom like me to raise the concern. That's really scary. 

My evidence shows how I raised the issue with Enbridge's solicitor before the second hearing. Even now after the order Enbridge ignored the concern. Why didn't  Enbridge or any of the engineers they hired look at the issue of the placement of shut off valves with the reversal of the flow?  This is in my view, criminal negligence that creates a National Security risk! Engineers are not supposed to put people at risk like this. They knew of my concern. There was no plausible deniability! 

We MUST secure a Provincial Review. We need reasonable engineers to peer review this project on behalf of the Province and public safety. These water bodies are primary water supplies for people. First Nations eat the fish and feed it to their kids. We need reasonable engineering to keep people safe. 

I want you to tell my story and please help me to encourage the public to secure a Provincial review of this project. 

Thank you. 

Louisette Lanteigne
700 Star Flower Ave.
Waterloo Ont.
N2V 2L2
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