[All] Part II: National Energy Board & Racism against First Nation's by POLICY

Wed Nov 23 04:37:51 EST 2016

Here you go.
Lulu :0)

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   Louisette Lanteigne again. 
After the Liberal Government was voted in, my local Liberal MP, Bardish Chagger, asked my help to bring the Liberal Cabinet up to speed on the issue of Enbridge Line 9 because they had a mountain of data to sift through to try to understand this pipeline  issue.  To help, I created a sworn affidavit which I delivered to Bardish Chagger and my NDP MPP Catherine Fife.  
Here is the link to the Zip file with the full affidavit. https://www.dropbox.com/home/Line%209?preview=JusticeforLine9.zip
Recently I participated in another NEB process called Enbridge Line 10 Pipeline replacement.  The hearing took place in Hamilton on October 18 and 19th and it was by far the most alarming hearing I ever witnessed. 
Line 10 starts at the Westover Terminal, same terminal as Line 9 and that terminal lacked permits and were not up to code for several issues. It might also be the location of faulty valves and it is sitting on Karst which means the earth underneath the oil terminal is likely hallow. There are major earthquake fault lines in the area too. All this is the topic of the affidavit I submitted for the Line 10 hearing process. The affidavit also covers concerns for FRAUD regarding Enbridge and the transfer of assets. How Enbridge refers to it's brand name "Enbridge" in applications and executive reports instead of using legal corporate registered names creating the potential for confusion of identity between different companies. This lets them slide assets around without anyone noticing even though policy prohibits such acts. My affidavit for the Line 10 hearing is online at the NEB website. The board denied me participant status limiting me to written comment but I swore an oath on this to give it teeth.
https://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/ll-eng/llisapi.dll?func=ll&objId=3025064&objAction=browse&viewType=1 

The Line 10 hearing was very shocking in terms of the shoddy engineering.  My brief notes of what I observed are in the attachments and covers both days of the hearing on Oct. 18 and 19th.  Some brief highlights: 

   - The Engineering reports are woefully incomplete with only 10% engineering report done, 20% in the works leaving 70% incomplete and based on predictions.   

   - Because 90% completion of engineering is required for Hydro and Municipal processes they still don't have licences to cross those lands yet.     

   - Six Nation's didn't even get their copies of reports until 14 days before deadlines to submit evidence.    

   - Enbridge switched the route and didn't host any open house on it.
   - When asked by the chair what the width of the current pipe is, the engineering expert of Enbridge didn't know. He spent 10 minutes looking it up on computer. 
   - Enbridge is applying to get a 20 inch line to replace the 12 inch line and they want to run it at Max. capacity. Problem is, it connects to a 12 inch line in the US.  If they want to run it at max it might cause a blow out. They can only realistically run it at 1/3rd capacity. They haven't even planned in a connecting valve. 

My brief notes are in the attachments and the official transcripts are on the NEB website at these three links: 
Vol. 1https://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/ll-eng/llisapi.dll/fetch/2000/90464/90552/92263/2671190/2882977/3004864/3004574/A78265-1_16-06-28_-_Volume_1_-_A5D5I2.pdf?nodeid=3004953&vernum=-2

Vol 2. https://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/ll-eng/llisapi.dll/fetch/2000/90464/90552/92263/2671190/2882977/3004864/3066983/A80075-1_16-10-18_-_Volume_2_-_A5G1I9.pdf?nodeid=3066804&vernum=-2

Vol. 3 https://docs.neb-one.gc.ca/ll-eng/llisapi.dll/fetch/2000/90464/90552/92263/2671190/2882977/3004864/3066536/A80119-1_16-10-19_-_Volume_3_-_A5G1Z8.pdf?nodeid=3066537&vernum=-2

In a nutshell, the engineering is crap. The process is fundamentally racist because the high engineering standards are secured only at the provincial level when licences for right of way are sought. First Nation's communities are outside these standards on Federal Lands. Since the Federal approvals are given using the most shoddy engineering reports, these folks are at the greatest risks. There is no reasonable criteria for completion of engineering reports to protect them or their communities. This is designed ecological racism by policy.  

Louisette Lanteigne700 Star Flower AveWaterloo Ont.N2V 2L2

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